I agree. It's very important for members within the community to produce reasearch and reports for those not within our community. While I fit into neither or these categories, I also completley support this project. I'd like to ask both of you to subscribe to, and CC these messages to the "Wiki-reasearch-l" mailing list, used for reasearch coordination and members of the Wikimedia Reasearch Team. Good luck with your reasearch. I'm looking forward to reading the end result.
-- Thunderhead http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Thunderhead http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thunderhead _______________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: I hold no official position in the Wikimedia Foundation. This message expresses the views of a single Wikimedia user and not necessarily the community at large. ---- Armed Blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, SlimVirgin, I fully support your research > project. This could hopefully help a lot of people. > : ) > > I'd like to invite anyone e-mailing SlimVirgin to > CC me as well, if they feel comfortable doing so. > I am doing a research project of my own. > Although mine focuses on banned users who > may feel attacked by Wikipaedia, I am happy > to hear from you whether you are an admin > or a regular editor, an arbitrator or a banned > user, no matter which website you feel hurt > by. I will also keep replies confidential > except to the extent that you grant permission > otherwise. > > Thanks! > > --------------------------------------- > > Original message by SlimVirgin: > > I'm writing a paper on cyberstalking and harassment, which I hope to > hand to the Foundation with a view to educating people about the > extent of the problem on the Wikimedia projects, and if possible > improving their responses to it. > > I'd like to include some concrete examples of cyberstalking or offline > stalking that have happened to users as a result of their > participation in any of the Wikimedia projects, and particularly where > the target was picked on because they were an administrator. > > If you've been a target of this yourself, or if you know of anyone who > has, I'd appreciate hearing from you at slimvirgin at gmail dot com. > All replies will be received in strictest confidence. Your name would > not have to be included in the final document, and if you're worried > about being exposed in any way, I can change all identifying details. > Nothing will be included about you without your express permission. > > What I'm most interested in hearing about is how the cyberstalking or > harassment made you feel, and what happened when you tried to find > support. I'd like to hear about your fears; whether it made you > anxious; whether it affected your sleep or appetite, or your health in > any other way; and whether you considered ending your association with > the project you were involved in (or did end it). Even if your fears > felt completely irrational, I'd like to hear about them. > > I'd also like to hear from women who feel they were subjected to > additional harassment because of their sex, or from gays and members > of ethnic minorities who feel they were picked on in whole or in part > because of that. > > Many thanks, > > Sarah > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediameta-l mailing list > Wikimediameta-l@lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediameta-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediameta-l mailing list Wikimediameta-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediameta-l
