This is Derek Hansen from the University of Michigan again (see [1]
for my introductory post). I appreciate the warm welcome that I have
received and the willingness of many of you to speak with me over the
phone.
In an attempt to better understand who is editing the wiki (since only
IP addresses are shown for most of the editors), and why various edits
are made, I have put together a few questions. If you have ever
contributed to the wiki (e.g., adding a new page, or even making a
minor edit on an existing page) I would greatly appreciate it if you
would *reply to me directly* with the answers to the questions below.
Feel free to leave any of them blank if you would rather not answer
them. The first couple of questions relate to the consent form found
at the end of the email. Thank you in advance for your time.
Questions
1. Are you 18 or older?
2. May we use quotes from email messages and/or wiki edits that you
have made in our published materials? (note that we will not use your
name with them, but it may be possible that people could look up the
quotes and identify you as the author)
3. May I use direct quotes from the email response? (again, they won't
be specifically attributed to you)
4. How frequently do you edit the wiki?
5. Do you sign into the wiki when making changes? If not, would you be
willing to provide me with the IP address that shows up in the Recent
Changes when you make changes?
6. Please think back to the most recent wiki edit that you have made.
a. Please describe the wiki edit.
b. What prompted you to make the wiki edit? In other words, what
happened that led you to make the edit. (e.g., something from a post
to the css-d list; you were browsing the wiki for your own purposes
and noticed it needed updating; ...)
7. Please think of other wiki edits that you have made. How are they
different or similar to your most recent edit? Were there different
experiences that prompted you to make those changes?
8. Have you ever created a wiki page or pages? If so,
a. What page(s) did you create?
b. What prompted you to create the wiki page?
9. Do you mind if I email you with any follow up questions regarding
your answers to the questions above?
10. Would you be willing to let me call you for a phone interview? If
so, please provide a time that work for you (including your time zone)
and phone number I can reach you at.
Thank you for your time,
Derek Hansen
School of Information
University of Michigan
734-764-1008
[1] http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/70334
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Consent Form
You are not obligated to respond to this email. If there are any
questions that you do not want to answer, you may leave them blank.
In order to protect your privacy, we will not use names or describe
personally identifiable information in our report. In addition to this
interview we are reading through the css email list archive and wiki.
In some cases, we may want to include direct quotes from email
messages found in the archive in our final report. No personally
identifiable information will be included in such quotes, however,
there is a chance that the archives could be searched and the message
could be attributable to the author.
May we directly quote messages that you have authored that are found
in the public email list archive and entries that you have contributed
to in the wiki?
We will save the information we have collected during our research
(including your response to this email) until we have completed all
the analyses that we need for our conference papers and journal
articles. Three years after the last publication, we will destroy any
data created by us, such as email messages, interview transcripts and
recordings. The data that we gather will remain confidential to the
extent allowable under local, state, and federal law.
Do I have your permission to use quotes from your response to this
email message?
Please retain a copy of your response to this email as confirmation
that you have provided your consent.
If you have any concerns about how we are conducting this study, you
may contact Derek Hansen by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by phone
at(734) 764-1008 or Mark Ackerman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Should you have
questions regarding your rights as a participant in research, please
contact:
Institutional Review Board
Kate Keever
540 E. Liberty #202
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: 734-936-0933
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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