[18:08:20] any staffers around? [18:10:15] Chrissymad: probably, is there anyone specific you're looking for? [18:11:03] no, legoktm but there's confusion between several people, including admins and stewards regarding this intern mass adding research studies with no clear WMF identification to user talk pages: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AEwitch51&type=revision&diff=844403637&oldid=844403395 [18:11:17] just wondering if someone can offer clarification [18:12:50] halfak|net_derp: ^ [18:13:49] Certainly looks odd, to say the least [18:13:52] i was kind of under the impression that studies like that if done by an intern would be clearly identified as a wmf staffer or give some definitive description of their affiliation [18:14:00] i'm concerned about PII given they're asking people to email a non-wmf account directly [18:14:36] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Research:Civil_Behavior_Interviews&action=history [18:14:59] Halfak has edited it... [18:15:37] Reedy: yeah i saw that but the concern is that this person mass tp spammed almost a hundred talk pages with no clear identification of who they are to an average editor [18:15:51] I'm not saying it's right [18:16:14] I'm just saying it seems to be sanctioned in one way or another by the WMF (ie not someone pretending to be affiliated but actually not) [18:16:17] Let me email him directly [18:17:11] yah [18:17:23] ty Reedy [18:24:46] Chrissymad: Emailed and replied on the talk page saying I've emailed him etc [18:25:12] ty Reedy [19:09:24] it's ironical that he had this issue attempting to recruit people for a research precisely about civil behavior [19:17:18] i mean i wouldn't call concern uncivil [19:17:34] but given the nature of something like this the exposure of PII to an unidentified or under identified user is concerning [19:17:47] tone can't be interpreted on the internet i think is the problem