Thanks for summing up developments. I intend to start working on this over the next few weeks once I’ve managed to get my head round the unusual situations we’re left in and start sorting what I need to and can do out!
Thanks, Samuel On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 at 05:49, Tilman Bayer <haebw...@gmail.com> wrote: > The results of that Amichai-Hamburger et al. study were later questioned, > see > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2013/March#Grumpiness_due_to_a_%22serious_typographical_error%22 > > Here is another one that studied Big Five personality traits: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2017/February#%22Relationship_between_personality_and_attitudes_to_Wikipedia%22 > Our reviewer noted a lack of statistical power, however. > > This (personal, non-scientific) essay may be worth reading: > https://guillaumepaumier.com/2015/07/29/autistic-wikipedian/ > > Lastly (for those reading along here), OP has since created > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Editing_and_Neurotypes , and it > has been noted that in a Dutch survey, "One in eight editors (13%) say they > have an autism spectrum disorder" ( > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EN_-_Report_survey_editors_Dutch_language_Wikipedia_2018.pdf > ). > > Regards, HaeB > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:59 AM Finn Aarup Nielsen <f...@imm.dtu.dk> wrote: > > > For the reviews that summarized research some time ago: > > > > The people's encyclopedia under the gaze of the sages: A systematic > > review of scholarly research on Wikipedia (page 56 > > https://orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/52914302/SSRN_id2021326.pdf > > > > Wikipedia research and tools: Review and comments (page 23) > > http://www.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/6012/pdf/imm6012.pdf > > > > we only found the Amichai-Hamburger et al. study (or at least I only > > recall finding): > > > > Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Naama Lamdan, Rinat Madiel, and Tsahi Hayat. > > Personality characteristics of wikipedia members. CyberPsychology & > > Behavior, 11(6):679–681, December 2008. > > > > I summarized it with: > > > > Application of the Big Five Inventory and Real-Me personality > > questionnaires to 139 Wikipedia and non-Wikipedia users. The recruitment > > was based on targeting posting of links. Wikipedians scored lower on > > agreeableness and higher on openness. Differences in extroversion and > > conscientiousness depended on the sex of the subject. > > > > > > My guess is that Wikipedians are not disproportionately ADHD, perhaps > > the reverse. > > > > > > Finn Årup Nielsen > > > > > > On 4/2/20 5:49 PM, RhinosF1 - 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Thanks, Samuel _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
