Research:Committee/Draft research policy
The goal of this page is to draft a research policy for Wikimedia Foundation projects which can be recommended to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for review and approval. That approval would make it an official, non-negotiable policy for all Wikimedia projects. This is a working document primarily developed by the Research Committee, but contributions by others are welcome.
Draft policy edit
Recruiting subjects edit
- Codify some of the principles mentioned at Research_Committee/Areas_of_interest/Subject_recruitment_processes
Transparency edit
- List project in public directory
Ethics edit
- Compliance with relevant research codes
- Incorporate some of the high-level points e.g. in http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis.cfm
- No destructive editing
- No spamming
- No overuse of limited resources
- Disclose conflicts of interest, other COI policy
Access to Wikimedia resources edit
- When should an open access requirement (and which) kick in? Or related requirements/ recommendations (e.g. publishing the code and data, to allow reproducibility)?
Draft resolution edit
- Should recognize value of research into Wikimedia content, projects, and communities
- Should officially recognize policy
- Should call upon communities to create corresponding pages/guidelines consistent with above policy