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Huggle
Hello, I would like to inform you that I listed you on the participant list of huggle project, if you don't like it, feel free to remove yourself from the list (available on the huggle project page), this list is only for informational purpose and anyone is welcome to add / remove themselves, participants listed there will also appear in about dialog of huggle. Petrb (talk) 20:09, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for the heads up.
~ Matthewrbowker Say hi! 01:07, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Nadine Dorries (repeat...)
Source for blog is provided, the entry is to a blog which received much attention at the time of it's publication on the internet, my reference to it indicates criticism of Dorries statement and is billed as an attack by an author claiming to be a victim of childhood sexual abuse, of course in that case she would be unlikely to post her real name, would she? As I have said to others, readers can look at the blog and decide for themselves on the merits of the argument. Given the outrageous nature of the remarks i.e. Dorries stated that she thought lack of abstinence education led to the rape and molestation of children. Read that again: CHILDREN. Leaving these remarks with no criticism is thoroughly outrageous and in the face of such disgusting cant I'm afraid the precious WP:RS doesn't really wash with me.--You know it makes sense 20:20, 3 September 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toss.er live (talk • contribs)
- Hi, Toss.er live! Welcome to Wikipedia. I'm sorry about the confusion, so please let me explain myself better as to why I reverted you.
- Blogs are not considered reliable sources for a very specific reason. Anyone can create a blog and post whatever they want on one. We have no way of knowing if the information found on that blog was made up or legitimate. And we can't afford to take a gamble with living people's reputation. So you will continue to be reverted if you continue to add that link to the page.
- However, if the criticism is legitimate, you should be able to find a news source that has the same information. News sources are perfectly acceptable to use for articles. And you should be able to add the exact same information.
- Again, I'm sorry about the confusion. But it is essential to preserving Wikipedia's reputation and the reputation of a person from false attacks.
- If you have any other questions, feel free to reply below by clicking "Edit" at the top of this page. Thank you, ~ Matthewrbowker Say hi! 01:07, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 September 2011
- News and notes: 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive
- WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject London Transport
- Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments 2011
- Featured content: The best of the week
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September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
The September 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
The Signpost: 12 September 2011
- News and notes: Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canada, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked
- WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics
- Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures
- Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications
- Technology report: What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live
- Opinion essay: The Walrus and the Carpenter
The Signpost: 19 September 2011
- From the editor: Changes to The Signpost
- News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised
- Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork
- WikiProject report: Back to school
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word
- Popular pages: Article stats for the English Wikipedia in the last year
Research into the user pages of Wikipedians: Invitation to participate
Greetings,
My name is John-Paul and I am a student with the University of Alberta specializing in Communications and Technology.
I would like to include your Wikipedia user page in a study I am doing about how people present themselves online. I am interested in whether people see themselves in different ways, online and offline. One of the things I am looking at is how contributors to Wikipedia present themselves to each other through their user pages. Would you consider letting me include your user page in my study?
With your consent, I will read and analyze your user page, and ask you five short questions about it that will take about ten to fifteen minutes to answer. I am looking at about twenty user pages belonging to twenty different people. I will be looking at all user pages together, looking for common threads in the way people introduce themselves to other Wikipedians.
I hope that my research will help answer questions about how people collaborate, work together, and share knowledge. If you are open to participating in this study, please reply to this message, on your User Talk page or on mine. I will provide you with a complete description of my research, which you can use to decide if you want to participate.
Thank-you,
John-Paul Mcvea
University of Alberta
jmcvea@ualberta.ca
Johnpaulmcvea (talk) 21:24, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank-you for agreeing to participate in my study
Thank-you for agreeing to participate in my study, entitled “Online Self-presentation among Wikipedians.” As you have asked, I will send you a finished copy of my project when it is finished, about November of this year.
As I indicated in my last message, here are five short questions about your user page that I would like you to answer. These will help me to understand your motivations for creating a user page such as yours. Please be as brief or as thorough as you like.
5 QUESTIONS
1. Are you a member of social networks such Facebook or MySpace?
2. In addition to maintaining a user page in Wikipedia, have you also written or edited articles? If so, about how many times?
3. What are the key messages about yourself that you hope to convey with your user page?
4. Have your Wikipedia contributions ever received feedback, such as being edited by others or commented on? Have you received a message from another Wikipedia user? If so, do you think your user page positively or negatively affected what other people said and how they said it?
5. Do you see your “online self” as being different from your “offline self?” Can you elaborate?
Please indicate your answers to these questions on your talk page, or on mine. Please respond by October 1st so that I have time to properly read your responses. If you like, you can email your answers to me instead (jmcvea@ualberta.ca).
Thank you again : )
Johnpaulmcvea (talk) 17:03, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
ADDITONAL INFORMATION
Background
• I am asking you to participate in a research project that is part of my MA degree.
• I am asking you because you have created a user page in Wikipedia that other people can use to learn about you.
Purpose
• My research is about how people present themselves online.
• I will look at how people present themselves when presenting themselves to the Wikipedia community.
Study Procedures
• With your consent, I will analyze the language of your user page and gather basic statistics such as the count of words, the frequency of words, the number of sections, and so on.
• I will also read the text of your user page, looking for elements in common with ads posted by other people. I will note whether you include a picture, or links to other content on the internet.
• I ask you to answer my five questions, above. This will take about ten to fifteen minutes to complete. I will ask you to answer the questions within a week, and send your answers to me.
• Throughout my research, I will adhere to the University of Alberta Standards for the Protection of Human Research Participants, which you can view at http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/gfcpolicymanual/policymanualsection66.cfm
Benefits
• There is no direct benefit to you for participating in this research. You may, however, find it interesting to read my perspective on how you present yourself online.
• I hope that the information I get from doing this study will help understand how technology affects the way people come together into a society.
• There is no reward or compensation for participating in this research.
Risk
• There is no direct risk for participating in this research.
Voluntary Participation
• You are under no obligation to participate in this study. Participation is completely voluntary.
• You can opt out of this study at any time before October 10, 2011, with no penalty. You can ask to have me withdraw any data that I have collected about you. Even if you agree to be in the study, you can change your mind and withdraw.
• If you decline to continue or you wish to withdraw from the study, your information will be removed from the study at your request.
Confidentiality
• This research will be used to support a project that is part of my MA degree.
• A summary of my research will be available on the University of Alberta website.
• Your personally identifiable information will be deleted and digitally shredded as soon as I have finished gathering data about you.
• Data will be kept confidential. Only I will have access to the computer file containing the data. It will be password protected. It will not be sent by email or stored online.
• I will always handle my data in compliance with University of Alberta standards.
• If you would like to receive a copy of my final report, please ask.
Further Information
• If you have any further questions regarding this study, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Stanley Varnhagen, my research advisor for this project. If you have concerns about this study, you may contact the University of Alberta Research Ethics Committee at 780-492-2615. This office has no affiliation with the study investigators.
INDICATING CONSENT
By answering these questions, you indicate your agreement with the following statements:
• That you understand that you have been asked to be in a research study.
• That you have read and received a copy of the Information Sheet, attached below (“Additional Information”).
• That you understand the benefits and risks involved in taking part in this research study.
• That you have had an opportunity to ask questions and discuss this study.
• That you understand that you are free to refuse to participate, or to withdraw from the study at any time, without consequence, and that your information will be withdrawn at your request.
• That the issue of confidentiality been explained to you and that you understand who will have access to your information (see “Additional Information”).
• That you agree to participate.
Thank-you again!
The Signpost: 26 September 2011
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WP:FILM September 2011 Newsletter
The September 2011 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. —Erik (talk | contribs) 16:43, 30 September 2011 (UTC)