To avoid confusion with researchers in the future, I've made some minor
changes to the research related pages on Meta (see below). This should help
ensure that outdated documentation does not cause unnecessarily delay
and/or expense for those interested in doing Wikimedia-related research.
1: Posted a notice to the top of
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Subject_recruitment to the effect
that RCOM no longer evaluates research projects or participates in
recruiting participants, and removed the assertion that research requires
approval from RCOM.
2: Updated
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:FAQ to make it clear
that the WMF / RCOM does not evaluate specific research proposals or assist
in recruiting, and that any researcher intending to conduct on-wiki
interaction should seek approval from the local projects using whatever
methods have been established locally.
3: Removed the reference to RCOM approval from
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Projects