On 06/03/2009 05:29 PM, Alexander Foley wrote: > > I think a better course of action might be to establish a Wikipedia > Experiments subgroup of users who opt-in to participate in > experiments, much like what Google does with its experimental > features. You're limiting the sample quite a bit, and quite possibly > only getting involved or heavily involved Wikipedia users, but if your > core survey group is editors it would likely be ideal.
I agree. I'd extend this notion a bit: my impression is that most people are more than happy to be solicited for studies (provided it doesn't happen too often). So I'd suggest two components: 1. The opt-in defines specifically how frequently one can be solicited (e.g. N times per year). 2. The opt-in is widely pushed: highly visible on account creation, and all existing users get one (1) invitation to opt in. I think #2 is important because a de facto policy that only heavily involved Wikipedians participate in research would be severely limiting to the work we do. Red _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
