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Research:The motivational arc of massive virtual collaboration/Consent form

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Welcome!

We greatly appreciate your participation in this survey. With your help, we hope to advance the current understanding of Wikipedia contributor motivations towards a more comprehensive model that accounts for unique motivations as they relate to particular activities on Wikipedia. Our hope is to contribute our findings to the larger conversation of how to attract and retain new users to different facets of Wikipedia.

We are interested in learning about your activities as a contributor over the past month. We include the following examples in our definition of contribution.

  • Conducting research to imrpove/create an article
  • Engaging in talk page discussions regarding article development
  • Adding text, picture, or references to articles
  • Reverting vandalism
  • Patrolling new pages
  • Participating in conversations on IRC chat channels
  • Participating in chapter activities or local meet-ups
  • Participating in outreach or Campus Ambassador activities
  • Attending to request for comments/arbitration/noticeboards

We greatly appreciate your taking the time to complete this survey and we look forward to sharing our findings with the Wikipedia community in the near future.

Thank you!

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

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You are invited to participate in a research study on your attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions that influence your decision to contribute to Wikipedia. Taking part in this study is completely voluntary.

This survey will take you approximately 15-20 minutes to complete

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We would like to receive your permission to use information gathered from you in our research study. Please read all the statements below before agreeing to participate in the survey.

CONFIDENTIALITY

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Your participation in this survey is completely anonymous, no identifying data will be recorded. Only aggregated data will be reported in journals or other professional communications.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

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If you have questions about the research or your rights as a participant, please contact:

Kevin Crowston,+1 (315) 464-0272, crowston@syr.edu Isabelle Fagnot,+33 (0) 763 073 584, i.fagnot@ieseg.fr

School of Information Studies Syracuse University 325 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244

Institutional Review Board Syracuse University +1 (315) 443-3013

CONCLUDING STATEMENT:

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By filling out this survey, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the above statements, and that I agree to participate in the study.

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