I know that recruiting research participants can be difficult. But regarding your statement here that you are following best practice recommendations from our partners in this regard for your current project, I'm curious which partners recommended that you add a large promotional text to the upcoming issue of the Signpost's "Recent research" (aka the research newsletter), without coordinating with those who maintain it? Please note that it is not a forum or classifieds ads section; its main aim is to inform readers about recently published research, from an independent perspective. Process-wise, if there is anything in the Signpost'sorthe research newsletter's documentation about how to contribute that created misleading impressions, let us know.
Somewhat related (especially given that your research project relates to cases where researchers have violated a community’s standards, values, or expectations), I noticed that your only previous contribution to Wikipedia consisted of creating the Wikipedia article about a University of Minnesota researcher who is also listed as your co-lead on the project's page. Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide may be worth a read.
Thank you for your reply and the added clarity. I made a post inquiring about the appropriateness of my Signpost draft on this newsletter meta talk page. I'm glad to get a response. It seems like from your response Signpost is not the place for this. LZia (WMF) had recommended that readers interested in research on Wikipedia might have strong opinions about research that happens in the community, but it is my fault for not reaching out to the editorial team first. I removed my draft from the next issues of the recent research section. If you think there is space to discuss this further, I would be happy to! Again, I apologize for the hassle this has caused.
W.r.t. to my edit history, my only intention was to clean up a red link for a page I knew enough about to feel comfortable writing. I reviewed the conflict of interest guide previously and thought because I wasn't asked to create that page or receiving any benefit from its creation it wasn't a conflict of interest. Lana is a senior researcher in our lab that I work with, if that would be helpful to disclose on the talk page I definitely can. Zentavious (talk) 16:18, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
