RCom's documentation is lacking and somewhat convoluted, sure. We're all volunteers here. We're also still working out the details. Any insights into where that documentation is lacking is really helpful. Bold edits are really helpful too.

It sounds like a formal, publicized requirement for RCom approval for recruitment of individual participants should be discussed at the next RCom meeting. I intend to make sure that happens. In the meantime, if someone who is more excited about the issue would like to open an RFC (on enwiki preferably, since meta isn't well read), I'd be very happy to participate. I'd humbly offer my work on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subject_Recruitment_Approvals_Group and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Research&oldid=361960951 as an example of one possible approach.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj@alk.edu.pl> wrote:

Dear James,

>> Instead of apologizing for your lie with which you attempted to impugn
>> my integrity, you have been trying to cover it up with rhetoric.
>>
>> Is that behavior considered acceptable at the Wikimedia Foundation?

as a bystander non-involved in this particular issue, I find your
rhetoric quite inflammatory. When you repeatedly speak of lies and
attempts to impugn your integrity, you really do not encourage people
to help you (even if you're right, which I doubt from perusing the
diffs and the discussion). Quite honestly, I'd be quite skeptical
about clearing out a project of a researcher who in the process of
negotiating help and access to limited resources (after all, there is
only X number of projects that can be addressed to Wikipedians) so
confrontational. No offense meant.

best,

dariusz a.k.a. "pundit"

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