2006/3/19, Vedant Lath vedantlathetc@gmail.com:
The IP address of the sender (219.79.22.41http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=219.79.22.41) is from Hong Kong, and AFAIK, China blocks wikimedia projects.
Mainland China and Hong Kong are acting mostly independently in that respect, so I think it would not be blocked in Hong Kong
So, how can a person from Hong Kong possibly access wikipedia extensively so as to analyse the contributions and nature of wikipedia?
See above; interestingly, on another university in Hong Kong (the University of Hong Kong) there is also research into Wikipedia, led by Andrew Lih ([[w:en:User:Fuzheado]]).
and moreover, he says that he is sending it to only 100 wikipedians. This can make the result very different from the actual fact.
There will always be large differences, because people who answer an enquiry like this are not a random sample from the total population of people having been asked.
should i participate in the enquiry?
That should be your free choice, in my opinion.
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