Hi Igor, Sounds like an interesting & worthwhile project. Have you heard about our upcoming Research Hackathon Day[1]? That could be a good opportunity for you to connect with community members and other researchers who might be able to assist with your study or connect you with people who you can talk to.
If you haven't done so yet, it's a very good idea to write up a description of your project on-wiki. You can create a new project here[2], and read some of the best practices for Wikipedia research here[3]. There are several other links that I'm tempted to put here too... but I don't want to overwhelm you if you're new to research in this domain :) Follow up with me personally if you want. Cheers, Jonathan 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/November_9th,_2013 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Projects 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Notes_on_good_practices_on_Wikipedia_research On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Igor Steinmacher < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > My name is Igor Steinmacher and I am a Research Scholar at University of > California, > Irvine. I am conducting a research aiming at finding how to support new > contributors > during their first steps in the project. My final goal is to verify what > kind of tooling is > appropriate to support the newcomers overcoming their difficulties > when they are > willing to contribute to the project. > > The first step of my research is to find out what are the main obstacles > and difficulties > faced by these newcomers. My goal is to hear from the community itself, > interviewing > new contributors and core members. > > By having the information regarding the main problems, I will start > figuring out which > mechanisms can be applied to provide the support. I will keep > the anonymity of > interviewers and I have the commitment to publish/return the results > of myresearch to > the community. > > I need your help answering my interview. We will conduct the interviews via > textual > chat, and we can schedule it at the time that fits better for you. Please > send me a private > email if you are interested in supporting my research. > > I also request your help reaching out core contributors so that > I can gather the best > information. The data will help gain insights about newcomer issues, and > allow us to > propose initiatives to alleviate the problems faced by newcomers, as a > tentative to retain > them. > > To volunteer you must be 18 years or older, be English speaking, and have > experience > in software development. > > Feel free to contact me in case you have any doubt or question > regarding myresearch or > the interview process. > > Thanks in advance > -- > Igor Fabio Steinmacher > Visiting Scholar in Dept of Informatics at UCI (http://www.informatics.uci > .edu/) > Faculty in Dept. of Computing at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Jonathan T. Morgan Learning Strategist Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
