This might be interesting, from Wikimania 2015 https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_Effect_of_Blocking_IP_Editing:_Evidence_from_Wikia
Video here: https://archive.org/details/videoeditserver-92 On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:54 PM Ziko van Dijk <zvand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Kevin Crowston, > > THank you for the link. I have read your paper about the initial phase and > profited very much from it. > > My personal opinion on UP editing, not backed by research: IP editing has > negative social consequences for the community. This negative side is not > quite visible when only looking quantitatively at huge data. > > Kind regards > Ziko > > > > Kevin G Crowston <crows...@syr.edu> schrieb am Mi. 19. Sep. 2018 um 18:41: > > > Jonathan Cardy <werespielchequ...@gmail.com<mailto: > > werespielchequ...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > In case I didn’t make it clear, I am very much of the camp that IP > editing > > is our lifeline, the way we recruit new members. > > > > Tangentially elated to this question, we have a forthcoming paper at the > > CSCW conference about how research conclusions change when anonymous work > > (e.g., IP editing) is taken into account. We looked at data from a > citizen > > science project. Short answer: it makes a difference. > > > > The paper isn’t up on the ACM DL yet, but you can see it here: > > https://crowston.syr.edu/node/756 > > > > Doing the study requires access to IP addresses for logged in users, so > > someone at WMF would have to do the study for Wikipedia, which would be > > really interesting and would speak to the question of whether IP editing > is > > a gateway to further editing. > > > > > > Kevin Crowston > > Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor of Information > Science > > School of Information Studies > > > > +1 (315) 443.1676<tel:+1%20(315)%20443.1676> > > crows...@syr.edu<mailto:crows...@syr.edu> > > > > 348 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 > > crowston.syr.edu <http://crowston.syr.edu/> > > > > Syracuse University > > Most recent publication: Kevin Crowston, Isabelle Fagnot. (2018). Stages > > of motivation for contributing user-generated content: A theory and > > empirical test. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 109, > > 89-101, doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.08.005< > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.08.005> . > > > > Check out our new research coordination network on Work in the Age of > > Intelligent Machine: http://waim.network/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- -Andrew Lih Author of The Wikipedia Revolution US National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year (2016) Knight Foundation grant recipient - Wikipedia Space (2015) Wikimedia DC - Outreach and GLAM Previously: professor of journalism and communications, American University, Columbia University, USC --- Email: and...@andrewlih.com WEB: https://muckrack.com/fuzheado PROJECT: Wikipedia Space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
