David Gerard wrote:
Michael Snow (wikipedia@earthlink.net) [050210 14:34]:
Researching while being a Wikipedia editor is not a concern, as long as your edits are legitimately focused on Wikipedia goals, and not designed to conduct a test or prove a point. A typical problem is people vandalizing articles to see how quickly the vandalism gets removed. Research by observation should be fine.
Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:POINT is mandatory reading in this matter. Every example listed there actually happened.
A fine and noble policy, obviously. My only query - why is it classified under this peculiar "semi-policy" name. As a piece of common sense, it has been policy since the start of the project, by calling it "semi-policy" (which seems a bit likely something is "slightly unique") we asking for some troll to come and muck us around and then say "but its not official policy".
Pete