Dear Hanxuan,
I did a quick pass on your meta page. Thank you for creating it. Unfortunately I will not have bandwidth to look into the survey and your page in more detail. However, to be very clear: this is not a blocker for your research. :) Others may decide to check out your survey or meta page and give you feedback. I do recommend that you keep an eye on the "Discussion" tab of your meta page as folks may leave comments there over time.
Best, Leila
-- Leila Zia Head of Research Wikimedia Foundation
On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 4:57 PM Hanxuan Sun hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au wrote:
Dear Leila and Zachary,
I have set up my research project via Wikimedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:A_Comparative_Mixed-Methods_Case_St... based on your suggestions. Meanwhile, I have revised the questionnaires in English version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fNVlLeMgM3BNzg and Chinese version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AjTai9lMOf48FE.
Would you please check them at your most convenience? Thank you so much!
Best,
Hanxuan.
*From:* Hanxuan Sun *Sent:* Saturday, October 28, 2023 11:38 AM *To:* Leila Zia lzia@wikimedia.org; Zachary Levonian levon003@umn.edu *Cc:* wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Subject:* RE: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related to Wikipedia
Dear Leila and Zachary,
Thank you so much for your time and detailed suggestions. Apologies for not creating my project through the website page. I am working on it now and hope it will work soon.
For the data management section, all the private data will be stored for the duration of the study on the UNSW Data Archive (RDMP ID: H0408583), to which only the Chief Investigator, my supervisor Professor Stephen Doherty, and the Student Investigator, Ms Hanxuan Sun, will have access. The Privacy and Confidentiality part is described in Section 11 of the Human Research Project Description, which is attached in this email. For the gender question, I will revise it based on your suggestions or delete it as it is not highly related to my research project. Then, I will revise all the questionnaires after discussing with Chinese Wikipedia pump, to make sure everything goes well. If you have any question, please feel free to contact me.
Have a nice weekend!
Hanxuan.
*From:* Leila Zia lzia@wikimedia.org *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2023 10:18 AM *To:* Hanxuan Sun hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au *Cc:* wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Subject:* Re: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related to Wikipedia
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Dear Hanxuan Sun.
Thank you for reaching out.
*Some tips for increasing the chances of success for your project*
- *Reduce the chance of surprising existing Wikipedia volunteers. *For
example,
If your project involves recruiting existing Wikipedia editors or changing content in a Wikipedia language, please make sure you communicate that to the relevant Wikipedia language community and engage in follow-up conversations they may want to have with you. On English Wikipedia, you can do it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous) . (Village pump is a place where many communities Wikipedia language communities maintain for this type of conversation. You can find the other languages' village pump pages by clicking on the languages menu on the top-right side of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump .)
- Create a research page for your project on MetaWiki
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:New_project and link it in your communications. This is the place where others can learn more about your research. Sample projects at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index . (Reference your IRB from this research page if you can.)
*Understand the context. *We can give you tips to improve your work,
however, the relevant Wikimedia project (Wikipedia language community in your case), is the community who you'll need to primarily work with.
- *Survey privacy and data retention. *With Wikimedians, sometimes
less is more. :) I highly recommend you think hard about what data you actually need and how long you will keep it for what reason. Keeping sensitive data in perpetuity can raise alarms b/c privacy is something many Wikipedians value.
- *Survey questions. *There are at least a few folks on this list that
have expertise on this front. They may choose to leave feedback for you. Thanks for being proactive and asking for feedback. :) I had a quick look at the first few pages. One question that immediately caught my attention was the question about gender where you ask about the gender and you offer options about sex. That question needs a fix, please. You can find a sample of survey questions (including gender related ones at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Insights/2022_Survey_Questions ). Having seen this one example you can improve, I highly recommend that you seek specific input into your survey questions from a survey specialist before running the survey to make sure the survey questions can help you with the questions you want to answer as part of the research and that they are as close as possible to the latest best practices in survey design.
Good luck!
Best,
Leila
--
Leila Zia
Head of Research Wikimedia Foundation
On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:51 AM Hanxuan Sun hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au wrote:
Dear Wikipedia organization members,
Researchers at UNSW are conducting a project about exploring the reasons behind translators making changes to their translations on Wikipedia, a popular online encyclopedia which uses a ‘crowdsourcing’ approach, attracting volunteer translators to translate its content. The research will investigate the factors that influence translators’ decisions to revise existing translations, such as the quality of translation (e.g., from machine translation), personal beliefs, and discussions with peers in online communities, etc.
The research study is looking recruit people who meet the following criteria:
- 18 years of age or older;
- Live in Australia;
- Proficient Chinese and English bilinguals;
- Active Wikipedia online volunteers engaged in revision.
Participants will be asked to complete the following research activities if they agree to participate:
· Online surveys with 34 questions that will take approximately 20 to 25 minutes to complete; and/or
· Followed-up one-on-one interviews via Zoom, which will need around 30 minutes; and/or
· Observational study for an active group; and/or
· Focus group discussion via zoom, which will take around 2 hours.
· A full description of all research activities, including any risks, harms or discomforts that you may experience while participating in this research is included in the attached Participant Information Statement and Consent Form.
·
Please contact the following person via email or phone to register your interest in taking part in the research:
*Name*
Hanxuan Sun
*Position*
Student Investigator
*Email*
hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au
If you have questions about the research and would like to contact the Chief Investigator, please contact the following person:
*Chief Investigator *
*Name*
Stephen Doherty
*Position*
Chief Investigator
*Telephone*
(02)9385 1681
*Email*
s.doherty@unsw.edu.au
This project is approved by the ethics committee in UNSW, which is attached. The Participant’s consent form is attached in the cover page of the surveys. The link of surveys are: English version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fNVlLeMgM3BNzg ; Chinses version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AjTai9lMOf48FE . Would you please check the content of the surveys at your most convenience? Thank you so much! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Best,
Hanxuan Sun.
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Dear Hanxuan,
Thanks for your interest in researching Wikipedia.
A few observations from a Wikipedian here.
1 Don't assume that translations are only amended by other translators. Once an article has been published on Wikipedia it is open for editing, and those editors may not speak the language it was translated from or use sources in that language. I don't speak a word of Chinese, but I know I have edited articles on English that were translated from Chinese.
2 You probably want to broaden the pool of editors you are looking at. Latest stats show we have 70 active editors on the chinese Wikipedia resident in Australia. I don't know how many of them if any do a significant amount of translations from English to Chinese, but even if it was closer to 70 than 7 I suggest you look for a larger subset of Wikipedians to research. https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/zh.wikipedia.org/contributing/active-editors-b...
3 More broadly, only a small proportion of Wikipedians are likely to take part in research, and if there are only a handful who meet a particular criteria, then anonymity gets tricky.
4 I'm not in a position to be definitive here, but I'd assume that some Chinese Wikipedians, even in a safe country like Australia, are going to be wary at taking part in something that might compromise their anonymity. Chinese Australians likely have relatives back in China who they won't want to get in trouble. You are probably better off looking at a different language, or at least broadening your research to "editors in the chinese language Wikipedia who live in English speaking countries"
5 Happy to look at your question set, just email me a copy.
Jonathan
On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 16:50, Leila Zia lzia@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear Hanxuan,
I did a quick pass on your meta page. Thank you for creating it. Unfortunately I will not have bandwidth to look into the survey and your page in more detail. However, to be very clear: this is not a blocker for your research. :) Others may decide to check out your survey or meta page and give you feedback. I do recommend that you keep an eye on the "Discussion" tab of your meta page as folks may leave comments there over time.
Best, Leila
-- Leila Zia Head of Research Wikimedia Foundation
On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 4:57 PM Hanxuan Sun hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au wrote:
Dear Leila and Zachary,
I have set up my research project via Wikimedia:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:A_Comparative_Mixed-Methods_Case_St...
based on your suggestions. Meanwhile, I have revised the questionnaires
in
English version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fNVlLeMgM3BNzg and Chinese version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AjTai9lMOf48FE.
Would you please check them at your most convenience? Thank you so much!
Best,
Hanxuan.
*From:* Hanxuan Sun *Sent:* Saturday, October 28, 2023 11:38 AM *To:* Leila Zia lzia@wikimedia.org; Zachary Levonian <levon003@umn.edu
*Cc:* wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Subject:* RE: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related to Wikipedia
Dear Leila and Zachary,
Thank you so much for your time and detailed suggestions. Apologies for not creating my project through the website page. I am working on it now and hope it will work soon.
For the data management section, all the private data will be stored for the duration of the study on the UNSW Data Archive (RDMP ID: H0408583),
to
which only the Chief Investigator, my supervisor Professor Stephen
Doherty,
and the Student Investigator, Ms Hanxuan Sun, will have access. The
Privacy
and Confidentiality part is described in Section 11 of the Human Research Project Description, which is attached in this email. For the gender question, I will revise it based on your suggestions or delete it as it
is
not highly related to my research project. Then, I will revise all the questionnaires after discussing with Chinese Wikipedia pump, to make sure everything goes well. If you have any question, please feel free to
contact
me.
Have a nice weekend!
Hanxuan.
*From:* Leila Zia lzia@wikimedia.org *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2023 10:18 AM *To:* Hanxuan Sun hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au *Cc:* wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Subject:* Re: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related to Wikipedia
你通常不会收到来自 lzia@wikimedia.org 的电子邮件。了解这一点为什么很重要 https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification
[Moving research-wmf to Bcc.]
Dear Hanxuan Sun.
Thank you for reaching out.
*Some tips for increasing the chances of success for your project*
- *Reduce the chance of surprising existing Wikipedia volunteers. *For
example,
- If your project involves recruiting existing Wikipedia editors or changing content in a Wikipedia language, please make sure you
communicate
that to the relevant Wikipedia language community and engage infollow-up
conversations they may want to have with you. On EnglishWikipedia, you can
do it athttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)
. (Village pump is a place where many communities Wikipedialanguage
communities maintain for this type of conversation. You can findthe other
languages' village pump pages by clicking on the languages menu onthe
top-right side of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump .) - Create a research page for your project on MetaWiki https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:New_project and link itin
your communications. This is the place where others can learn moreabout
your research. Sample projects at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index . (Reference your IRB from this research page if you can.)
- *Understand the context. *We can give you tips to improve your work,
however, the relevant Wikimedia project (Wikipedia language community
in
your case), is the community who you'll need to primarily work with.
- *Survey privacy and data retention. *With Wikimedians, sometimes
less is more. :) I highly recommend you think hard about what data you actually need and how long you will keep it for what reason. Keeping sensitive data in perpetuity can raise alarms b/c privacy is
something many
Wikipedians value.
- *Survey questions. *There are at least a few folks on this list that
have expertise on this front. They may choose to leave feedback for
you.
Thanks for being proactive and asking for feedback. :) I had a quick
look
at the first few pages. One question that immediately caught my
attention
was the question about gender where you ask about the gender and you
offer
options about sex. That question needs a fix, please. You can find a
sample
of survey questions (including gender related ones at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Insights/2022_Survey_Questions
). Having seen this one example you can improve, I highly recommend
that
you seek specific input into your survey questions from a survey
specialist
before running the survey to make sure the survey questions can help
you
with the questions you want to answer as part of the research and
that they
are as close as possible to the latest best practices in survey
design.
Good luck!
Best,
Leila
--
Leila Zia
Head of Research Wikimedia Foundation
On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:51 AM Hanxuan Sun hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au wrote:
Dear Wikipedia organization members,
Researchers at UNSW are conducting a project about exploring the reasons behind translators making changes to their translations on Wikipedia, a popular online encyclopedia which uses a ‘crowdsourcing’ approach, attracting volunteer translators to translate its content. The research will investigate the factors that influence translators’ decisions to revise existing translations, such as the quality of translation (e.g., from machine translation), personal beliefs, and discussions with peers
in
online communities, etc.
The research study is looking recruit people who meet the following criteria:
- 18 years of age or older;
- Live in Australia;
- Proficient Chinese and English bilinguals;
- Active Wikipedia online volunteers engaged in revision.
Participants will be asked to complete the following research activities if they agree to participate:
· Online surveys with 34 questions that will take approximately 20 to 25 minutes to complete; and/or
· Followed-up one-on-one interviews via Zoom, which will need around 30 minutes; and/or
· Observational study for an active group; and/or
· Focus group discussion via zoom, which will take around 2 hours.
· A full description of all research activities, including any risks, harms or discomforts that you may experience while participating
in
this research is included in the attached Participant Information
Statement
and Consent Form.
·
Please contact the following person via email or phone to register your interest in taking part in the research:
*Name*
Hanxuan Sun
*Position*
Student Investigator
*Email*
hanxuan.sun@unsw.edu.au
If you have questions about the research and would like to contact the Chief Investigator, please contact the following person:
*Chief Investigator *
*Name*
Stephen Doherty
*Position*
Chief Investigator
*Telephone*
(02)9385 1681
*Email*
s.doherty@unsw.edu.au
This project is approved by the ethics committee in UNSW, which is attached. The Participant’s consent form is attached in the cover page of the surveys. The link of surveys are: English version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fNVlLeMgM3BNzg ; Chinses version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AjTai9lMOf48FE . Would you please check the content of the surveys at your most
convenience?
Thank you so much! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Best,
Hanxuan Sun.
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Hello,
Thank you for your interest in Chinese Wikipedia and article translation.
As I am an experienced user in Chinese Wikipedia, I agree WereSpielChequers 's point of view. While the stats [1] show that there are 70 active users, but many of them actually access the website through VPNs and are located in Mainland China. It is recommended that broaden your research.
Second, "The number of online friends you have on Wikipedia" this question may only receive "Less than 10" this response. As far as I can see, experienced editors on Chinese Wikipedia typically have few to no friends since Wikipedia is not a social media platform.
I hope the these observations are helpful to you. Please let me know if you have any questions, especially on how to communicate with the Chinese Wikipedia community. Thank you.
[1]: https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/zh.wikipedia.org/contributing/active-editors-b...
Regards, SCP-2000 https://w.wiki/_zgcU
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