Hi all,

This is a gentle reminder that we are less than 2 weeks away from closing the *feedback period* for *Research Ethics Privacy Whitepaper*. If you are a Wiki(m|p)edia researcher or are considering becoming one, this whitepaper will most likely be relevant to you and your research. We encourage you to take a look at the draft and provide your feedback through the Meta-Wiki Discussion page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft#Questions_for_researchers until *April 30th, 2024* or by joining us in the upcoming Conversation Hour on 23 April 2024 at 15:00 UTC https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1713884400via this Google Meet session https://meet.google.com/yzi-ntxw-wtk.

And thanks to those of you who have already provided feedback.

Leila, on behalf of the writing committee

-- Leila Zia Head of Research Wikimedia Foundation

On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 12:44 PM Eli Asikin-Garmager < easikingarmager@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello Wikimedia Research Community, Wikipedia researchers,

We invite you to provide feedback to the draft Research Ethics Privacy White Paper https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft# [1] until 30 April 2024.

You can provide your feedback in one of the following ways:

The corresponding talk page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft [2];

If you require a private space for communicating your feedback, by sending an email to research-feedback@wikimedia.org with “privacy white paper” in the subject line;

By participating in a conversation hour on 23 April 2024.

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Context: In 2023, in response to a request https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World_War_II_and_the_history_of_Jews_in_Poland#Formal_request_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_for_a_white_paper_on_research_best_practices by English Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee and after careful scoping, the Wikimedia Foundation prioritised writing a whitepaper with two primary goals:

Creating a shared understanding among Wikipedia contributors and Wikipedia researchers about some of the key considerations for conducting ethical research on Wikipedia with a focus on privacy. 2.

Providing recommendations about how to navigate some of the most common privacy challenges Wikipedia researchers or Wikipedia contributors run into when conducting or participating in research on Wikipedia.

Over the past 6 months, we at the Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team in collaboration https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XZ2EHHBDKOQ6X62ICFK7ORE6WFEPF6NL/ [3] with Dr. Michael Zimmer, and with support from Trust and Safety, have worked to create a draft white paper.

We remain committed to our mission to strengthen Wikimedia research communities and improve your experience when contributing your expertise to the Wikimedia projects. We hope that you support us by providing your valuable feedback and help us improve this white paper for you.

Best, Eli Asikin-Garmager (Wikimedia Foundation), on behalf of myself and:

Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)

Michael Zimmer (Marquette University)

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_A...

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practi... [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia....

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Eli Asikin-Garmager

Principal Design Researcher (he/him)

Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/ | Iowa City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa (UTC -6/-5)

https://wikimediafoundation.org/