+1 on Piotr's comments. And very, very happy to hear about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ethically_researching_Wikipedia -- I think this is definitely the way to go: developing guidelines that we *regularly point people to* when they have questions etc. And maybe something that we as a group can work on in the coming months.
I'll reiterate my suggestions for goals here and add some of Piotr's and others' comments: 1. developing ethical research guidelines for Wikipedia research - by building on the WP:Ethically_researching_Wikipedia page and regularly pointing people to it 2. finding ways of making responsible requests to the WMF for data that they hold that might benefit research outside the WMF - through an official process with guidelines from the WMF on response times/ viable requests etc. 3. developing opportunities for researchers to collaborate and share what they're doing with the wider research community - reorganising the research hub and pointing to best case practices etc (similar to the WP Global Education program, as Piotr suggests) - actively recruiting WP researchers to join this list and visit the research hub - some other regular way of involving researchers such as inviting them to showcase their work and have it recognised on the list, on the hub etc - recognising outstanding research (through a prize perhaps as Aaron suggested) Looking forward to hearing Phoebe's suggestions! Best, Heather. Heather Ford Oxford Internet Institute <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk> Doctoral Programme EthnographyMatters <http://ethnographymatters.net> | Oxford Digital Ethnography Group <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=115> http://hblog.org | @hfordsa <http://www.twitter.com/hfordsa> On 29 July 2014 09:04, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > The good and bad news is that the status quo with RCOM is likely to remain > unless someone in WMF, the Board, or the community is interested enough in > addressing the situation to put in some effort to make RCOM a functioning > organization. > > At the moment I have the impression that WMF researchers are absorbing > most of the work that RCOM and some dedicated RCOM admin support could do, > like help with lit review and prevent outside researchers from using WMF > databases in ways that compromise user privacy. My perception is that the > current situation is inefficient for WMF and for outside researchers who > want to do good work with WMF or community resources, and also that RCOM > lacks the resources to respond in timely ways to requests for help with > outside research that could benefit Wikimedia. So, I there are reasons to > changs the status quo, and I hope WMF or the Board would be interested in > something like the proposal I made previously. > > Phoebe, what do you think? > > Pine > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >
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