There's this study <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:The_Construction_and_Application_of_Personality_Profile_Based_on_User_Behavior_in_Wikipedia> but I don't know if it was ever completed (and as you can infer from my posts on the talkpage, I very much hope it was NOT).
In general, any kind of psychometric profiling of Wikipedia editors kind of grosses me out. But as an armchair psychologist myself, as well as a non-neurotypical individual, sure I'm happy to hypothesize that there are many of us in the projects. It takes a certain mindset to find the process of building an encyclopedia using 20-year old software paradigms to be engaging ;) - J On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:49 AM RhinosF1 - <rhino...@gmail.com> wrote: > Evening all, > > I hope everyone is doing well given the crazy world we’re living in. > > I was having a conversation with a few users on Discord today and we were > wondering whether wikimedia (or users of other similiar sites would be > fine) disproportinately fall into the category of having aspergers, ADHD > and other simmilar conditions. > > It would be even better if anyone knew what sort of areas these users were > more likely to work in. > > Following a chat with Issac in #wikimedia-research, I understand there > isn’t much support for this kind of research as users may not want to > reveal this information and there is no clear reason for collecting the > information but if anyone knows of past research or has any information, > that would be helpful. > > Stay Safe, > RhinosF1 > -- > Thanks, > Samuel > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > -- Jonathan T. Morgan Senior Design Researcher Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> (Uses He/Him) *Please note that I do not expect a response from you on evenings or weekends* _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
