Hi Shani and all, On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 5:27 AM Shani Evenstein <shani.even(a)gmail.com> wrote: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://goo.gl/forms/WMFb6j2mpG2H…! !>!* There is something about the above link that doesn't work. I /think/ you meant to share: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD… Good luck with your research! :) Best, Leila _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l

I find the personal information requested particularly intrusive compared to other similar surveys (and the overview suggests that further pages are going to ask for more personal information), especially since the cover page does not mention any ethics board approval (not sure if this is required in Israel). Do you really have a plan for evaluating the responses that requires all this information? If not, why are you collecting it? As it stand I'll not be answering this survey. cheers stuart -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 10:14, Shani Evenstein <shani.even(a)gmail.com> wrote: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://goo.gl/forms/WMFb6j2mpG2H… ! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD… _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l

Other personal details did appear to be mandatory. For me, trying leave a page without answering some of the personal questions caused them to display with a pink background saying it was mandatory in red. That was my experience. Kerry -----Original Message----- From: Wiki-research-l [mailto:wiki-research-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Shani Evenstein Sent: Tuesday, 18 December 2018 9:02 AM To: wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] Invitations to participate in a research about Wikidata as a learning platform Hello, Stuart. Thank you for your feedback. A few comments on what you wrote -- * With the exception of username & email (which are mandatory), all the other personal details are not, so it is up to participants to decide on their level of interaction and involvement. Some people are happy to share the information requested, some less so. * Every single piece of data collected is related to a research question(s). As an example, one part of the questionnaire focuses on community and how it influences learning. For this part specifically, we wanted to check (among other things) for a correlation between online activity on WD and participation in various social media platforms, such as the WD Facebook group and the telegram group, so a cross between the username and real name is needed. That does not suit everyone, and that's fine, but it's a question we'd like to answer and are therefore collecting this information from those willing to provide it. * Not sure which "similar surveys" you are comparing this research to, but there was never any similar research about Wikidata. Even the ones I know of about Wikipedia, also do not research for exactly what I'm researching. That said, many research papers I've read that deal with learners, try to infer from personal data such as age, occupation, gender etc. This is not uncommon and the terms of confidentiality were expressed clearly. * When you write, "the overview suggests that further pages are going to ask for more personal information", that is absolutely right. Every single question in this questionnaire is asking participants about their *personal experience* engaging with Wikidata as a learning platform, making it personal information. I'm unsure why you find that problematic. That is what questionnaires do. They ask participants about their experience with X. Finally, our community never had any similar research done on Wikidata, especially not in relation to Education, and I have naturally asked for the community's support. This research cannot happen without the community. It reply on it heavily, unlike other (and very popular) "big data" approaches. There are various way in which the community demonstrated its support -- some chose to fill out the questionnaire; some even agreed to participate in a follow up interview; some would not fill it out themselves, but have shared it with their local communities; some simply sent some good words and 'good luck' my way; and some sent me (welcome) feedback on things to improve. They did so (and continue to do so) because they know it's an important topic, and I'd like to believe that it's also because they know me and trust me. They know that being part of the community, I will do whatever I can to use the information they shared with me for the good and for creating positive impact in Academia (which I have done for years with Wikipedia and now with Wikidata). While I do not expect anyone to show support blindly, I do find your message a bit puzzling -- weather you meant it or not, your mail suggests that your are unsupportive of this research and your tone was dismissive, without portraying the situation accurately, nor by checking the details properly. That is your prerogative, as is not filling out the questionnaire. But I would urge you to reconsider. Take a closer look. Assume good faith. And you'll find that once you pass the personal info part, the questions are not at all intrusive, but rather focused, genuine, inquisitive and most importantly -- focused on the Wikidata experience you've had. In short, I hope you reconsider. If you don't, that's fine as well. Shani. ----------------------------------------------- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>gt;. Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>gt;. Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society < http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>gt;. Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>. *+972-525640648* On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 11:52 PM Stuart A. Yeates &lt;syeates(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: wrote: _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l

I've been active in WMF projects for more than a decade (evidence at https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/Stuartyeates ) and have seen _many_ similar surveys (a partial list can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Academic_studies_of_Wikipedia#Surve… ). Wikidata is just flavor of the month. You talk about looking for correlation, but your questions do not appear to be designed to collect data that statistical correlations can be run on. When you use a free-text box for "In which country do you currently live?" and conflate three pieces of information in one free text field with "Where do you work? (The name of the workplace, city and country)" you seem unlikely to get data suitable for algorithmic correlation. The country information appears to be asked for twice in different ways, it's not clear what sampling purpose this serves or what research question this answers. You say "Every single question in this questionnaire is asking participants about their *personal experience* engaging with Wikidata as a learning platform, making it personal information." But there is no evidence that you've seriously engaged with the responsibilities of collecting and holding personal data; it appears you will be in breach of the EU data protection guidelines if a single EU citizens answer your survey, for example. I suggest that you take a read of the resources at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights so that you can normalise your demographics and leverage the experience of many people who have been surveying WMF users for a _very_ long time. I am not unsupportive of research --- it's the only way forward in lots of areas, but it needs to be good research. cheers stuart -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 12:02, Shani Evenstein &lt;shani.even(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: share as collecting but researching. platform, the heavily, and with rather wrote: that School wrote: shani.even(a)gmail.com&gt; https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://goo.gl/forms/WMFb6j2mpG2H… /think/ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD… _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l