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Revision as of 19:40, 13 December 2011 editOrangemike (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators126,224 edits I was unaware that there was any such thing as "CentralNotice", much less a "CentralNotice/Calendar"← Previous edit Revision as of 19:52, 13 December 2011 edit undoSven Manguard (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers46,502 edits *The information gathered needs to be thrown out and the people who wrote the survey interface need to have their asses dragged before the human testing board and have some basic concepts explained to them.Next edit →
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* "''as participants were not aware that they were sharing their usernames, edit counts, and user privileges with the study team.''" Wait...what? O_o I don't remember the survey saying that anywhere. Now I feel uncomfortable about having took it. I assumed it was going to be anonymous, as that would be the point of such a survey in the first place. That's also why I had the money be donated to the Red Cross, so that there wouldn't be any break in the anonymity with an actual Paypal account being required. <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 18:29, 13 December 2011 (UTC) * "''as participants were not aware that they were sharing their usernames, edit counts, and user privileges with the study team.''" Wait...what? O_o I don't remember the survey saying that anywhere. Now I feel uncomfortable about having took it. I assumed it was going to be anonymous, as that would be the point of such a survey in the first place. That's also why I had the money be donated to the Red Cross, so that there wouldn't be any break in the anonymity with an actual Paypal account being required. <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 18:29, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
**The information gathered needs to be thrown out and the people who wrote the survey interface need to have their asses dragged before the human testing board and have some basic concepts explained to them. I am fully aware that all of those things are publicly accessible, however if personal information is going to be connected with responses, it damn well better fucking say that. As for the WMF not insuring that something that they were endorsing on Misplaced Pages had adequate protection for Misplaced Pages users, well it's not like I had any confidence in them before this, but now I have one more egregious error to put on the list. ] ] 19:52, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

* Is it possible to take this survey? It sounds interesting. BTW, ads like this on our wiki are outrageous ] (]) 18:34, 13 December 2011 (UTC) * Is it possible to take this survey? It sounds interesting. BTW, ads like this on our wiki are outrageous ] (]) 18:34, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
*I'm an admin; but until I read this report, I was unaware that there was any such thing as "CentralNotice", much less a "CentralNotice/Calendar". I still am unclear as to what they are and what their purpose might be (though I will look into it). What deluded anybody into thinking that posting a demolition notice on Alpha Centauri would constitute sufficient warning to the residents of Earth that we were about to be demolished to build a galactic bypass? --] &#x007C; ] 19:40, 13 December 2011 (UTC) *I'm an admin; but until I read this report, I was unaware that there was any such thing as "CentralNotice", much less a "CentralNotice/Calendar". I still am unclear as to what they are and what their purpose might be (though I will look into it). What deluded anybody into thinking that posting a demolition notice on Alpha Centauri would constitute sufficient warning to the residents of Earth that we were about to be demolished to build a galactic bypass? --] &#x007C; ] 19:40, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

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  • "as participants were not aware that they were sharing their usernames, edit counts, and user privileges with the study team." Wait...what? O_o I don't remember the survey saying that anywhere. Now I feel uncomfortable about having took it. I assumed it was going to be anonymous, as that would be the point of such a survey in the first place. That's also why I had the money be donated to the Red Cross, so that there wouldn't be any break in the anonymity with an actual Paypal account being required. Silverseren 18:29, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
    • The information gathered needs to be thrown out and the people who wrote the survey interface need to have their asses dragged before the human testing board and have some basic concepts explained to them. I am fully aware that all of those things are publicly accessible, however if personal information is going to be connected with responses, it damn well better fucking say that. As for the WMF not insuring that something that they were endorsing on Misplaced Pages had adequate protection for Misplaced Pages users, well it's not like I had any confidence in them before this, but now I have one more egregious error to put on the list. Sven Manguard Wha? 19:52, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
  • Is it possible to take this survey? It sounds interesting. BTW, ads like this on our wiki are outrageous Bulwersator (talk) 18:34, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
  • I'm an admin; but until I read this report, I was unaware that there was any such thing as "CentralNotice", much less a "CentralNotice/Calendar". I still am unclear as to what they are and what their purpose might be (though I will look into it). What deluded anybody into thinking that posting a demolition notice on Alpha Centauri would constitute sufficient warning to the residents of Earth that we were about to be demolished to build a galactic bypass? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:40, 13 December 2011 (UTC)