User talk:Shirik/Archives/2011/September

Bot run please
Hi Shirik. Tor is currently completely unblocked, and starting to fill with pov-pushers and socks. If you have a moment.. :) 81.170.234.99 (talk) 21:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delayed reply. TorNodeBot is back up. Thanks, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:15, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I take it back. He's having a little trouble understanding the state of the tor network. This may also be the reason TorBlock isn't working. I'll take a look. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:17, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Got it :) -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:40, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Error report
Master, I detected an error in the tor network while processing a request. The response was. Please see the logs for more information. My knowledge of the tor network state is now inconsistent, so I am halting further activity until you intervene.. --TorNodeBot (talk) 19:19, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Error report
Master, I detected an error in the tor network while processing a request. The response was. Please see the logs for more information. My knowledge of the tor network state is now inconsistent, so I am halting further activity until you intervene.. --TorNodeBot (talk) 17:13, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Research into the user pages of Wikipedians: Invitation to participate
Greetings,

My name is John-Paul and I am a student with the University of Alberta specializing in Communications and Technology.

I would like to include your Wikipedia user page in a study I am doing about how people present themselves online. I am interested in whether people see themselves in different ways, online and offline. One of the things I am looking at is how contributors to Wikipedia present themselves to each other through their user pages. Would you consider letting me include your user page in my study?

With your consent, I will read and analyze your user page, and ask you five short questions about it that will take about ten to fifteen minutes to answer. I am looking at about twenty user pages belonging to twenty different people. I will be looking at all user pages together, looking for common threads in the way people introduce themselves to other Wikipedians.

I hope that my research will help answer questions about how people collaborate, work together, and share knowledge. If you are open to participating in this study, please reply to this message, on your User Talk page or on mine. I will provide you with a complete description of my research, which you can use to decide if you want to participate.

Thank-you,

John-Paul Mcvea

University of Alberta

jmcvea@ualberta.ca

Johnpaulmcvea (talk) 20:19, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank-you for agreeing to participate in my study
Thank-you for agreeing to participate in my study, entitled “Online Self-presentation among Wikipedians.” I appreciate it.

As I indicated in my last message, here are five short questions about your user page that I would like you to answer. These will help me to understand your motivations for creating a user page such as yours. Please be as brief or as thorough as you like.

5 QUESTIONS

1. Are you a member of social networks such Facebook or MySpace?
 * No -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

2. In addition to maintaining a user page in Wikipedia, have you also written or edited articles? If so, about how many times?
 * Yes, you can see my contributions at User:Shirik/Contributions and you can see the pictures I've contributed at User:Shirik/Gallery. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

3. What are the key messages about yourself that you hope to convey with your user page?
 * That I'm not special, and I'm just a volunteer like everyone else. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

4. Have your Wikipedia contributions ever received feedback, such as being edited by others or commented on? Have you received a message from another Wikipedia user? If so, do you think your user page positively or negatively affected what other people said and how they said it?
 * Yes, they have received feedback, but honestly I don't think my user page had much influence on that feedback. Generally my user page is directed at people newer to Wikipedia, which I typically interact with as part of my administrative tasks. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

5. Do you see your “online self” as being different from your “offline self?” Can you elaborate?
 * Yes, I'm much more outgoing online. And that's an understatement.

Please indicate your answers to these questions on your talk page, or on mine. Please respond by October 1st so that I have time to properly read your responses. If you like, you can email your answers to me instead (jmcvea@ualberta.ca).

Thank you again : )

Johnpaulmcvea (talk) 16:55, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

ADDITONAL INFORMATION

Background

•	I am asking you to participate in a research project that is part of my MA degree.

•	I am asking you because you have created a user page in Wikipedia that other people can use to learn about you.

Purpose

•	My research is about how people present themselves online.

•	I will look at how people present themselves when presenting themselves to the Wikipedia community.

Study Procedures

•	With your consent, I will analyze the language of your user page and gather basic statistics such as the count of words, the frequency of words, the number of sections, and so on.

•	I will also read the text of your user page, looking for elements in common with ads posted by other people. I will note whether you include a picture, or links to other content on the internet.

•	I ask you to answer my five questions, above. This will take about ten to fifteen minutes to complete. I will ask you to answer the questions within a week, and send your answers to me.

•	Throughout my research, I will adhere to the University of Alberta Standards for the Protection of Human Research Participants, which you can view at http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/gfcpolicymanual/policymanualsection66.cfm

Benefits

•	There is no direct benefit to you for participating in this research. You may, however, find it interesting to read my perspective on how you present yourself online.

•	I hope that the information I get from doing this study will help understand how technology affects the way people come together into a society.

•	There is no reward or compensation for participating in this research.

Risk

•	There is no direct risk for participating in this research.

Voluntary Participation

•	You are under no obligation to participate in this study. Participation is completely voluntary.

•	You can opt out of this study at any time before October 10, 2011, with no penalty. You can ask to have me withdraw any data that I have collected about you. Even if you agree to be in the study, you can change your mind and withdraw.

•	If you decline to continue or you wish to withdraw from the study, your information will be removed from the study at your request.

Confidentiality

•	This research will be used to support a project that is part of my MA degree.

•	A summary of my research will be available on the University of Alberta website.

•	Your personally identifiable information will be deleted and digitally shredded as soon as I have finished gathering data about you.

•	Data will be kept confidential. Only I will have access to the computer file containing the data. It will be password protected. It will not be sent by email or stored online.

•	I will always handle my data in compliance with University of Alberta standards.

•	If you would like to receive a copy of my final report, please ask.

Further Information

•	If you have any further questions regarding this study, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Stanley Varnhagen, my research advisor for this project. If you have concerns about this study, you may contact the University of Alberta Research Ethics Committee at 780-492-2615. This office has no affiliation with the study investigators.

INDICATING CONSENT

By answering these questions, you indicate your agreement with the following statements:

•	That you understand that you have been asked to be in a research study.

•	That you have read and received a copy of the Information Sheet, attached below (“Additional Information”).

•	That you understand the benefits and risks involved in taking part in this research study.

•	That you have had an opportunity to ask questions and discuss this study.

•	That you understand that you are free to refuse to participate, or to withdraw from the study at any time, without consequence, and that your information will be withdrawn at your request.

•	That the issue of confidentiality been explained to you and that you understand who will have access to your information (see “Additional Information”).

•	That you agree to participate.

Thank-you again!


 * I have posted my responses inline -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

I don't have a sockpuppet
I have no alternate accounts.Just because some people make similar edits it doesn't mean I have sockpuppets.I don't bother if you block those accounts.I have nothing to lose(Arun1paladin (talk) 05:50, 27 September 2011 (UTC))