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.
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