Jonathan Cardy <werespielchequers@gmail.com<mailto:werespielchequers@gmail.com>> wrote: In case I didn’t make it clear, I am very much of the camp that IP editing is our lifeline, the way we recruit new members. Tangentially elated to this question, we have a forthcoming paper at the CSCW conference about how research conclusions change when anonymous work (e.g., IP editing) is taken into account. We looked at data from a citizen science project. Short answer: it makes a difference. The paper isn’t up on the ACM DL yet, but you can see it here: https://crowston.syr.edu/node/756 Doing the study requires access to IP addresses for logged in users, so someone at WMF would have to do the study for Wikipedia, which would be really interesting and would speak to the question of whether IP editing is a gateway to further editing. Kevin Crowston Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor of Information Science School of Information Studies +1 (315) 443.1676<tel:+1%20(315)%20443.1676> crowston@syr.edu<mailto:crowston@syr.edu> 348 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 crowston.syr.edu <http://crowston.syr.edu/> Syracuse University Most recent publication: Kevin Crowston, Isabelle Fagnot. (2018). Stages of motivation for contributing user-generated content: A theory and empirical test. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 109, 89-101, doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.08.005<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.08.00… . Check out our new research coordination network on Work in the Age of Intelligent Machine: http://waim.network/