User:Dianejschiano

Hello,

My name is Diane Schiano. I'm a research psychologist especially interested in online communication and community issues. I'm currently working on a project with the Augmented Social Cognition group at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). They've done some quantitative analytical work trying to model user contributions and some community issues in Wikipedia (see, for example, the May 15th, 2007 post at http://ascparc.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html).

I am interested in Wikipedians' own experiences in Wikipedia and perspectives on contribution and community issues. Do you feel a sense community in Wikipedia? Has it changed over time? How so?

I'm hoping to find people willing to participate in an open-ended interview with me on these topics. I've already had conversations with several people who are fairly new or light editors, and now need to talk with people who are heavy editors or admins.

The interview takes about an hour, is confidential, and can be done over the phone (with the Internet up on your machine). I can schedule at your convenience. If you'd be interested in participating in the study, or finding out more about it, please send me an email.

Thanks very much! Dianejschiano (talk) 22:00, 3 April 2008 (UTC)