[Foundation-l] Call for Volunteers: Wikimedia Research Committee

Sat Aug 7 20:30:38 UTC 2010

So your peer reviewed experience iiis. the co-authoring of a single paper
published in a supplement? Less than say, a particularly good management
undergrad. Forgive me; a director of marketing at that level does exactly
how much direct marketing?

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Gregory Kohs <thekohser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gerard M. says:
>
> Dear Greg,
> This is not about criticism but about research. With respect I have not
> seen
> your research papers, I am not aware of your credentials that would make
> you
> a choice to be considered for being part of a research committee.
>
> Given that the work of the committee includes work on policies that have to
> do with access to confidential data, it seems to me only natural that your
> status as being banned from several Wikis is an other reason why you are
> easily disqualified from participating in a research committee.
>
> At that you have had your "test" several times and as a result you are a
> known entity.
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Allow me to make you aware of my credentials, Gerard, since you asked
> "with respect".
>
> I'm the Director of Market Research for a company valued at $52
> billion.  I've been making a living with market research for 18 years
> now.
>
> One of my co-authored research papers was published in a scientific
> journal supplement:
> http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/data/183/3/DC1/1
>
> I've written a white paper about research for public relations:
> http://www.icrsurvey.com/docs/MR%20for%20PR.doc
>
> For the more casual reader, I've maintained an occasional blog on
> research since 2005:
> http://insidemr.blogspot.com/
>
> And, I've conducted numerous informal but systematic research studies
> about Wikimedia properties:
> http://www.mywikibiz.com/Wikipedia_Vandalism_Study
> http://toolserver.org/~mzmcbride/watcher/<http://toolserver.org/%7Emzmcbride/watcher/>
> <http://toolserver.org/%7Emzmcbride/watcher/>
> (You'll have to ask around
> about that one.)
> http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Survey_about_Wikipedia  (Currently, a
> bit slow-going on the analysis, due to editing parameters imposed on
> the Wikiversity community by Jimmy Wales)
>
> I am curious about this "access to confidential data" of which you
> speak.  This presupposes that other members of the vast Wikimedia
> community do currently have access to this confidential data.  Have
> they been vetted in some way that you can be assured that they won't
> do something with that data more monstrous than what I would ever do
> with such data?  I'm trusted with confidential customer account data
> by a $52 billion company.
>
>
> ******************
> Meanwhile, D. Gerard says:
>
> Trolling blogs probably isn't the best resume item, no. HTH!
>
> ******************
>
> No, it's probably not, if only I were "trolling".
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> ---
> Greg
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