Let's do it.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 3:04 PM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Leila, can we discuss this off list? > > Thanks, > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 9:29 PM Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 1:56 PM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Leila, I believe that I asked for more information regarding Heifeng's > > > work. > > > > You stated > > > > "However, if you're planning to send surveys or messages to them, > > sending them barnstars, or otherwise manipulating their on-wiki > > experience, that would be problematic." > > > > and I'm suggesting that you enter from a question angle, please. > > > > > > There has been discussion on English Wikipedia regarding volunteers > > > being unhappy with the interventions or proposed interventions of > > > researchers. I think that asking about the nature of Haifeng's research > > is > > > legitimate, and I tried to provide some examples of possible types of > > > research. > > > > Please check your email. There was no question there in the part > > related to this discussion. Also, even if there was a question posed, > > I highly recommend you enter from a different angle to these > > conversations. There are many reasons someone may need the sampled > > data of newcomers. A few examples: they may want to test the > > assumption whether the arrivals (registrations) to a specific > > Wikipedia language follow a Poisson process or not, they may want to > > learn about the distribution of topics editors in a given language > > edit in the first 24 hours after they open the account, they may want > > to build a prediction model to predict whether the editor will make > > the n-th edit or not given that they have started at time x, they may > > want to see whether external events have strong correlations with > > account registration and Wikipedia activity, they may want to see if > > the change to HTTPS had impact on registrations, etc. There are > > literally millions of questions people may ask (given that the data is > > available to them) with respect to Wikipedia. The answer to some of > > them may require interaction with Wikipedia editors, the answer to > > some may not. So the safest bet to start having a fruitful > > conversation is to ask: can you tell us more about what you're trying > > to do? > > > > > I'm trying to protect the community from problematic > > > interventions, while also welcoming research that is accepted by the > > > community. > > > > I understand and I'm looking forward to having conversations with you > > all about how to achieve that. > > > > Best, > > Leila > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
