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Creation, management, and reuse of knowledge datasets generated by online communities 

Do you currently contribute to any online community’s knowledge base, such as Reddit, Wikipedia, Mozilla Common Voice, or Stack Exchange? Or do you use any such online knowledge base as a developer? If so, we would love to hear from you! 

We are a team of researchers at the School of Information, UT Austin, researching how communities create, document, and share knowledge online. Your insights and experiences are vital to our research and our efforts to support contributions to open knowledge bases.  

Please fill out this survey to schedule an interview/phone call. If you are selected to participate, we will arrange a video call and ask you some questions about your role and experiences being a part of your community. The call should last around 60 minutes. You will receive a $30 Amazon gift card as compensation for your time. Learn more about the study in this Research Information Sheet. Email us at padl@utexas.edu for any questions or queries. 

This study has been approved by the IRB office of UT Austin (#STUDY00007875). View our Research Approval Form.

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[Study concluded] Call for participants of the 2023 Stack Exchange strike

Are you currently, or were you previously, an active moderator or user on any Stack Exchange sites? If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are a team of researchers at UT Austin, researching how communities collaborate to influence Stack Exchange’s AI-related policies and data access, with a particular focus on the 2023 strike related to the data dump. Your responses will help us understand online community members’ intention to govern the open-source content generated by them.

Email us at yw25689@utexas.edu to schedule an interview/phone call. We will ask you a few questions about your attitude towards the usage of data dumps and the strike process. The call should last around 60 minutes. You will receive a $25 Amazon gift card at the end of the call, as compensation for your time. 

This study has been approved by the IRB office of UT Austin (#STUDY00006291). View our Research Approval Form.

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[Study concluded] Call for GLAM professionals – Wikidata use in GLAM

Do you work in a GLAM organization? And do you contribute to Wikidata as part of your work? If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are a team of researchers at UT Austin, researching why and how GLAM professionals use Wikidata in their job. Your insights and experiences are vital to our research and our efforts to support contributions to open knowledge bases. Our ultimate goal is to develop systems to support GLAMs’ contributions to open knowledge bases. We would love to talk to you and learn about your practices, challenges, and experiences!

You can fill out this enrollment form to let us know your availability. We will then arrange a video call and the call should last around 60 minutes. You will receive a $30 Amazon gift card as compensation for your time.

This study has been approved by the IRB office of UT Austin (#STUDY00006291). View our Research Information Sheet.