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Proposed policy: Research

Over the last few months, members of WikiProject Research have been drafting a policy for research of Wikipedia and its users. Specifically, this policy describes a process for recruiting Wikipedia users to participate in research studies, and creates the Subject Recruitment Approvals Group to manage this recruitment through an applications process for recruitment requests similar to the one used by the Bot Approvals Group.

This policy has been designed to facilitate research of Wikipedia while ensuring that studies are not disruptive to the community.

At this time, we are seeking input from the Wikipedia community. Although we have had (sometimes heavy) involvement from non-researcher members of the community, this policy has been largely written by researchers. That is why are posting to ask for your comments and help to turn this draft into a proposal.