Hello,
I am a researcher in the GroupLens lab (http://grouplens.org) at the University of Minnesota. You might recognize our previous work in Wikipedia like "Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Value in Wikipedia" (http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf).
As part of our continuing work within Wikipedia, my colleagues and I are conducting an academic (non-commercial) user study where we have developed an interface modification that is designed to help users work together more effectively by changing the interface for reverting other editors. You can help us complete this study by installing and using our modification.
If you choose to participate in the study, you will be automatically assigned a Wikipedia gadget that will consist of a subset of the modifications we have developed. As part of the study, we will be logging your usage of the tool (ie. when you are reverting other editors).
Throughout the study, we will be available for tech support and bug fixes. There will be a survey at the completion and the entire tool will be made publicly available.
Consent form/installer: http://wikipedia.grouplens.org/NICE/consent/ Wikipedia user script page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EpochFail/NICE
Thanks! -Aaron Halfaker GroupLens Research University of Minnesota
Hoi, Did you talk to the people of the Usability Initiative ? Are you able and willing to collaborate with them? Are you able and willing to study the impact of other languages, scripts and cultures to the usability of Wikipedia? Thanks, GerardM
2009/6/15 Aaron Halfaker half0032@umn.edu
Hello,
I am a researcher in the GroupLens lab (http://grouplens.org) at the University of Minnesota. You might recognize our previous work in Wikipedia like "Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Value in Wikipedia" (http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdfhttp://www-users.cs.umn.edu/%7Ereid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf ).
As part of our continuing work within Wikipedia, my colleagues and I are conducting an academic (non-commercial) user study where we have developed an interface modification that is designed to help users work together more effectively by changing the interface for reverting other editors. You can help us complete this study by installing and using our modification.
If you choose to participate in the study, you will be automatically assigned a Wikipedia gadget that will consist of a subset of the modifications we have developed. As part of the study, we will be logging your usage of the tool (ie. when you are reverting other editors).
Throughout the study, we will be available for tech support and bug fixes. There will be a survey at the completion and the entire tool will be made publicly available.
Consent form/installer: http://wikipedia.grouplens.org/NICE/consent/ Wikipedia user script page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EpochFail/NICE
Thanks! -Aaron Halfaker GroupLens Research University of Minnesota
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Gerard,
It seems that the Usability Initiative has a related, but differing goal from our work. We have not worked with them in any direct way. We are definitely able and willing to collaborate with them. We are interested in the cultural aspects of Wikipedia, but our current work deals with very specific interface modifications in Wikipedia. This current study is very preliminary. It seems likely that we will expand support of our interface modification to other languages if the results show that the tool is helpful.
-Aaron
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, Did you talk to the people of the Usability Initiative ? Are you able and willing to collaborate with them? Are you able and willing to study the impact of other languages, scripts and cultures to the usability of Wikipedia? Thanks, GerardM
2009/6/15 Aaron Halfaker <half0032@umn.edu mailto:half0032@umn.edu>
Hello, I am a researcher in the GroupLens lab (http://grouplens.org) at the University of Minnesota. You might recognize our previous work in Wikipedia like "Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Value in Wikipedia" (http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf <http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/%7Ereid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf>). As part of our continuing work within Wikipedia, my colleagues and I are conducting an academic (non-commercial) user study where we have developed an interface modification that is designed to help users work together more effectively by changing the interface for reverting other editors. You can help us complete this study by installing and using our modification. If you choose to participate in the study, you will be automatically assigned a Wikipedia gadget that will consist of a subset of the modifications we have developed. As part of the study, we will be logging your usage of the tool (ie. when you are reverting other editors). Throughout the study, we will be available for tech support and bug fixes. There will be a survey at the completion and the entire tool will be made publicly available. Consent form/installer: http://wikipedia.grouplens.org/NICE/consent/ Wikipedia user script page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EpochFail/NICE Thanks! -Aaron Halfaker GroupLens Research University of Minnesota _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
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Hoi, Do yourself a favour and contact them. Talk to them and make sure that you do not do the same work twice. Thanks, Gerard
2009/6/15 Aaron Halfaker half0032@umn.edu
Gerard,
It seems that the Usability Initiative has a related, but differing goal from our work. We have not worked with them in any direct way. We are definitely able and willing to collaborate with them. We are interested in the cultural aspects of Wikipedia, but our current work deals with very specific interface modifications in Wikipedia. This current study is very preliminary. It seems likely that we will expand support of our interface modification to other languages if the results show that the tool is helpful.
-Aaron
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, Did you talk to the people of the Usability Initiative ? Are you able and willing to collaborate with them? Are you able and willing to study the impact of other languages, scripts and cultures to the usability of Wikipedia? Thanks, GerardM
2009/6/15 Aaron Halfaker <half0032@umn.edu mailto:half0032@umn.edu>
Hello, I am a researcher in the GroupLens lab (http://grouplens.org) at the University of Minnesota. You might recognize our previous work in Wikipedia like "Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Value in Wikipedia" (http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf<http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/%7Ereid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf> <http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/%7Ereid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf).
As part of our continuing work within Wikipedia, my colleagues and I are conducting an academic (non-commercial) user study where we have developed an interface modification that is designed to help users work together more effectively by changing the interface for reverting other editors. You can help us complete this study by installing and using our modification. If you choose to participate in the study, you will be automatically assigned a Wikipedia gadget that will consist of a subset of the modifications we have developed. As part of the study, we will be logging your usage of the tool (ie. when you are reverting other editors). Throughout the study, we will be available for tech support and bug fixes. There will be a survey at the completion and the entire tool will be made publicly available. Consent form/installer: http://wikipedia.grouplens.org/NICE/consent/ Wikipedia user script page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EpochFail/NICE Thanks! -Aaron Halfaker GroupLens Research University of Minnesota _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
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