[Wikipedia-l] academic inquiry msg

Sun Mar 19 15:55:32 UTC 2006

ok. will participate when i get time.

thanks for the help.

vedant

On 3/19/06, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2006/3/19, Vedant Lath <vedantlathetc at gmail.com>:
>
> > The IP address of the sender
> > (219.79.22.41<http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=219.79.22.41>)
> > is from Hong Kong, and AFAIK, China blocks wikimedia projects.
>
> Mainland China and Hong Kong are acting mostly independently in that
> respect, so I think it would not be blocked in Hong Kong
>
> > So, how can a
> > person from Hong Kong possibly access wikipedia extensively so as to
> analyse
> > the contributions and nature of wikipedia?
>
> See above; interestingly, on another university in Hong Kong (the
> University of Hong Kong) there is also research into Wikipedia, led by
> Andrew Lih ([[w:en:User:Fuzheado]]).
>
> > and moreover, he says that he is
> > sending it to only 100 wikipedians. This can make the result very
> different
> > from the actual fact.
>
> There will always be large differences, because people who answer an
> enquiry like this are not a random sample from the total population of
> people having been asked.
>
> > should i participate in the enquiry?
>
> That should be your free choice, in my opinion.
>
>
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