[WikiEN-l] Privacy Study Looking for Volunteers

[Oliver Keyes]

I'm not seeing a reference to IP addresses in this thread or the
associated research page (my ctrl-f-fu may just be weak, though): as
to why IPs are logged server-side, well, checkuser is a useful tool
and that's how rangeblocks work.

On 25 March 2015 at 13:19, Brian J Mingus <brian.mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
> 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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Oliver Keyes
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