Hoi,
Did you talk to the people of the Usability Initiative ? Are you able and
willing to collaborate with them? Are you able and willing to study the
impact of other languages, scripts and cultures to the usability of
Wikipedia?
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/6/15 Aaron Halfaker <[email protected]>
> Hello,
>
> I am a researcher in the GroupLens lab (http://grouplens.org) at the
> University of Minnesota. You might recognize our previous work in
> Wikipedia like "Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Value in Wikipedia"
> (http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf<http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/%7Ereid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf>
> ).
>
> As part of our continuing work within Wikipedia, my colleagues and I are
> conducting an academic (non-commercial) user study where we have
> developed an interface modification that is designed to help users work
> together more effectively by changing the interface for reverting other
> editors. You can help us complete this study by installing and using
> our modification.
>
> If you choose to participate in the study, you will be automatically
> assigned a Wikipedia gadget that will consist of a subset of the
> modifications we have developed. As part of the study, we will be
> logging your usage of the tool (ie. when you are reverting other
> editors).
>
> Throughout the study, we will be available for tech support and bug
> fixes. There will be a survey at the completion and the entire tool
> will be made publicly available.
>
> Consent form/installer: http://wikipedia.grouplens.org/NICE/consent/
> Wikipedia user script page:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EpochFail/NICE
>
> Thanks!
> -Aaron Halfaker
> GroupLens Research
> University of Minnesota
>
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