[WikiEN-l] Interview

Tue Mar 10 18:58:37 UTC 2009

I'm tempted to ask why, exactly, needed you do this. I'm even more
tempted to ask the list moderator to place you on moderation for
unjustified personal attacks to a good faith student, who (expectedly)
did not come up with quite as professional a project description as a
PhD candidate would have.

Really, this was uncalled for.

Michael

(By the way and personal comment: After reading tons of actual IB
guidelines and approved IB course materials, ie. documents written by
the IB Organization staff or experienced IB teachers, I cannot blame
any student for not expressing himself "clearly and concisely"
anymore...you're kind of immersed into the opposite)

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM, KillerChihuahua
<puppy at killerchihuahua.com> wrote:
> I'm tempted to ask how you managed to get into the International
> Baccalaureate program, given your inability to clearly and concisely
> explain what you are doing, but I will presume you're just having a bad
> day. FYI, not everyone knows what the IB is, so spelling it out in full
> is helpful.
>
> Unless I am mistaken, this is a high-schooler doing a project.
>
> dhruvbhalla wrote:
>> I'm sorry for not mentioning it earlier.
>> I am currently completing the IB ITGS (IT in a global society) course. For
>> it I had written a portfolio piece regarding the problems that using
>> Wikipedia in the academic environment entails.
>> To substantiate the portfolio it is required that i conduct an interview
>> with someone who is directly effected by these issues ( accuracy and
>> reliability).
>> As per confidentiality is concerned, this is not going to be publicly
>> published and I only need limited contact information so that a moderator
>> can judge that the information is genuine.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>> Thank you
>>
>> David Goodman wrote:
>>
>>> It would be interesting to know the general context for your project.
>>> It would also be good to have some statement about confidentiality of
>>> the responses.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:30 AM, dhruvbhalla <dhruvbhalla at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, I have to conduct some research about the main problems that
>>>> wikipedia
>>>> is facing; those being inaccuracy and vandalisim.
>>>> I have a questionaire which I've attached below. I would appriciate it if
>>>> anyone who is experienced with these problems were to answer it.
>>>> You would be of great help.
>>>>
>>>> I do realise that there are a fair amount of questions, thefore please
>>>> fell
>>>> free to address only those question that to fell are necessary.
>>>> Furthermore if you do not have the time to do so, a paragraph describing
>>>> your opinion of the content on Wikipedia and a vaible method to address
>>>> the
>>>> issues of realability and vandalism would be great too
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and regards
>>>> Dhruv
>>>>
>>>> 1)      What is your name, your profession and designation?
>>>> 2)      How often do you engage in research and for what purpose?
>>>> 3)      Are you concerned about the authenticity of what you read? If yes
>>>> why?
>>>> 4)      What form of research do you prefer using the most (books,
>>>> magazines,
>>>> journals, internet etc)?
>>>> 5)      Have you ever used a free web-based encyclopedia such as
>>>> Wikipedia
>>>> before?
>>>> 6)      If yes
>>>> a.       could you elaborate on the process with which use it to search
>>>> for
>>>> information
>>>> b.      Do you use articles from Wikipedia as a source for your
>>>> citations?
>>>> c.      Please elaborate on your reasons for doing/not-doing so
>>>> d.      Are you aware Wikipedia is a free- to -edit encyclopedia?
>>>> e.      Have you ever edited an article on Wikipedia?
>>>> f.      If yes do you follow the norms suggested by Wikipedia for doing
>>>> so?
>>>> g.      Do you double check what you learn at Wikipedia?
>>>> h.      If yes, then why do you use Wikipedia in the first place?
>>>> i.      Have you ever come across anomalous/incorrect information on
>>>> Wikipedia?
>>>> j.      If yes, have you ever thought about doing any thing about it?
>>>> 7)      If no
>>>> a.      Do you have any particular reason for not doing so? Is it linked
>>>> with the
>>>> questionable reliability of the articles?
>>>>
>>>> 8)      In light of the above questions, I’m sure you have come to be
>>>> aware of
>>>> some of the flaws that using websites such as Wikipedia entails.
>>>> Therefore
>>>> what changes would you recommend to be made on such websites?
>>>> 9)      Further elaborating on the above point, how would you recommend
>>>> the
>>>> increase in factuality of the articles on Wikipedia?
>>>> 10)     Would you recommend Wikipedia as a primary source of information
>>>> to your
>>>> colleagues? Please specify with a reason?
>>>>
>>>> PS Please leave a name an e-mail address if possible ( for citation
>>>> purposes)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> http://www.nabble.com/Interview-tp22401800p22401800.html
>>>> Sent from the English Wikipedia mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>>
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