[WikiEN-l] Wiki Research

Steven Walling steven.walling at gmail.com
Fri Jun 22 17:35:36 UTC 2007


Sounds fun, count me in!
User:VanTucky<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:VanTucky>

On 6/21/07, James Sutton <james.sutton at ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> My name is Jim Sutton and I'm undertaking research in the School of
> Library,
> Archive, and Information Studies, UCL.
>
> http://www.slais.ucl.ac.uk/
>
> My research involves studying wiki usage, the reasons why individuals use
> wikis
> and the benefits/disadvantages of using wikis to manage knowledge.
>
> I was wondering if you would agree to my analysing your contributions to
> Wikipedia. This will basically involve calculating how many times you've
> contributed to Wikipedia within the time period of a week.
>
> I was also wondering what your reasons are for using/contributing to
> Wikipedia.
>
> I'd be extremely grateful for any feedback you can provide. If you agree
> to my
> analysing your contributions then please email me with your Wikipedia
> username.
>
> I also have a survey online which I'm using as part of my research at:
>
> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/stqa7937/survey/
>
> My Wikipedia username is Sutton4019 and my research is being carried out
> jointly
> with Melissa Terras at UCL. Her email address is m.terras at ucl.ac.uk .
>
> If you have any questions please let me know and thank you for your time.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Jim Sutton
>
>
>
>
>
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