[Foundation-l] Statistical research on Wikipedia (Godwin inspired)

Fri Oct 9 14:35:15 UTC 2009

Let's try to avoid such emails. Whatever the content of Gregory's
email is, sarcastic responses make atmosphere of the list more heated.

On 2009-10-09, Tim Landscheidt <tim at tim-landscheidt.de> wrote:
> Gregory Kohs <thekohser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> Both of these previous assessments I conducted for free.  No more.  I
>> would
>> actually enjoy (as I've e-mailed you privately) expanding the scope of my
>> latter study to include perhaps 200 new articles.  But, that work on my
>> part
>> will cost the Foundation a $1,000 stipend.  That's a bargain for such a
>> study.  Or, you can try to find a volunteer who will do it for a barnstar,
>> but they might botch the sampling design.
>
>> If you prefer a statistically sound survey of 300 high school teachers
>> regarding opinions and usage of Wikipedia, that would be more expensive.
>> I
>> could still get the job done for a mere $4,000, though -- about
>> one-quarter
>> the rate you'd pay with a full-service marketing research firm.  Or,
>> again,
>> you could go the barnstar route with someone else.
>
>> Offers are on the table.  Your move.
>
> Oh no! WMF introduces advertisements on their mailing lists!
> Death of Wikipedia predicted. Film at 11.
>
> Tim
>
>
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