I would prefer that discussion about the specific content/wording of the proposed policies be held on their talk pages. The mailing list is best suited to higher-level meta-discussion.
-- Bryan Song GroupLens Research University of Minnesota On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:22:15 -0500, James Howison <ja...@howison.name> scribbled: > > Very interesting. Do you intend the discussion to be on this list or > on the Discussion page? I've done both :) > > A brief read raised just a few questions in my mind: > > 1. Seems to be a little conflict between two sentences in the > Publication section. > > "or it could mean that the results will be submitted to a scholarly > publication where the papers can be retrieved for free or a minor > fee." and "Research published only in for-fee publications will not > be permitted." Are you intending a distinction between "minor fee" > and "for-fee"? Or is it the case that its ok if it goes to a > "for-fee" publication (of any amount) as long as it is also freely > available (known as Green Open Access). One could imagine > negotiating that with a "for-fee" journal; in fact this policy might > give us some minor leverage. > > 2. Has there been any discussion of how to enforce the one year > provision? Just "Expect negative consequences if nothing is > published/ made available"? > > 3. There wasn't much discussion of how the deliberation process > would unfold. Would it be worth elaborating on that? Perhaps that > it be done publicly visibly (as much as possible? > > 4. Would SRAG ask for a copy of the institutional review board > certification (human subjects review) or perhaps the other way > around? > > Cheers, James > > On Jan 5, 2010, at 15:21, Bryan T Song wrote: > >> >> Pursuant to prior discussions about the need for a research policy >> on Wikipedia, WikiProject Research is drafting a policy regarding >> the recruitment of Wikipedia users to participate in studies. >> >> At this time, we have a proposed policy, and an accompanying group >> that would facilitate recruitment of subjects in much the same way >> that the Bot Approvals Group approves bots. >> >> The policy proposal can be found at: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Research >> >> The Subject Recruitment Approvals Group mentioned in the proposal >> is being described at: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subject_Recruitment_Approvals_Group >> >> Before we move forward with seeking approval from the Wikipedia >> community, we would like additional input about the proposal, and >> would welcome additional help improving it. >> >> Also, please consider participating in WikiProject Research at: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Research >> >> -- >> Bryan Song GroupLens Research University of Minnesota >> >> _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l >> mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l > mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
