Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikidemia/to-do list

Here's a brief list of tasks that should probably be done to get things rolling. Please add, remove, rearrange, and comment! See also the list of ongoing/future studies.


 * 1) Collect data
 * 2) * characterize completed research on wikipedia.
 * 3) * run surveys
 * 4) * list available stats queries; run them regularly (see Statistics Department)
 * 5) Identify new sources of data
 * 6) * solicit intervention ideas that may be beneficial and that can be rigorously tested.
 * 7) * discuss the kinds of research that can be done without any attention from developers and the kinds that can't.
 * 8) Identify uses of data
 * 9) * define medium-term (3-5 year) and long-term challenges WP faces that could be addressed more effectively with better information.
 * 10) * create or link to a discussion of research methodologies. (i envision the research in this project to use the scientific method, but this should be discussed.)
 * 11) * one extremely valuable tool for research is the controlled experiment. write or link to pages on experimental methods; flesh out and give examples of controlled experiments that could be run on wikipedia.
 * 12) * start adding specific research projects or studies within this WikiProject; create a template for new projects (methods, key question/hypothesis, data needed, data analysis plans, implications of results for academic theories/ for wikipedia design/redesign). essentially, these pages (which ought to reside in the project space rather than the encyclopedia space) will look like research proposals.
 * 13) * describe how research on wikipedia fits in with existing research topics in established academic fields.
 * 14) Expand this project
 * 15) * seek out other potential contributors to the project.
 * 16) * standardize ways of getting feedback from the broader community about research proposals.
 * 17) Move the project to Research oder Wikimedia Research Team where it belongs -- Nichtich 07:09, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree, Wikimedia Research Network needs to be differentiated from this group. See project talk page. &there4; here&hellip;&spades; 23:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Connect with new research communities
 * 2) * Target OLPC schools who are using Wikipedia content in the classroom and interested in related studies (sometimes running very local studies of their own)
 * 3) * Target classes already using Wikipedia in high school and college to teach critical thinking, collaborative process, and information design
 * I agree, Wikimedia Research Network needs to be differentiated from this group. See project talk page. &there4; here&hellip;&spades; 23:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Connect with new research communities
 * 2) * Target OLPC schools who are using Wikipedia content in the classroom and interested in related studies (sometimes running very local studies of their own)
 * 3) * Target classes already using Wikipedia in high school and college to teach critical thinking, collaborative process, and information design