[WikiEN-l] Privacy Study Looking for Volunteers

[Brian J Mingus]

I think it's rather curious that edits to Wikipedia aren't private. Why log
the IP address? Why log anything? It's invasive.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Andrea Forte <andrea.forte at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> I'm representing a team of researchers from Drexel University who are
> researching privacy practices among Wikipedia editors. If you have ever
> thought about your privacy when editing Wikipedia or taken steps to protect
> your privacy when you edit, we’d like to learn from you about it.
>
>
> The study is titled “Privacy, Anonymity, and Peer Production.” Details can
> be found on meta where the project was discussed before beginning
> recruitment here: (
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymity_and_Peer_Production).
>
>
> If you would like to help us out, you need to read and complete the online
> consent form linked here and we will get in contact with you:
> http://andreaforte.net/wp.html.
>
>
> We are planning to conduct interviews that will last anywhere from 30-90
> minutes (depending on how much you have to say) by phone or Skype and we
> can offer you $20 for your time, but you do not need to accept payment to
> participate.
>
>
> I have been researching Wikipedia since 2004 and have conducted many
> studies, most of which have resulted in papers that you can find here:
> http://andreaforte.net.
>
>
> Thanks for considering it, please contact me if you have questions!
>
>
> Andrea Forte
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andicat
>
>
>
> and
>
> Rachel Greenstadt
>
> Nazanin Andalibi
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