|Notes2=i had a look at springer together with Daniel, could be lead one, and the finance working group is meeting over the weekend, so i wil look into what they made of it in their last real meeting just short before their deadline (june 30), regards --[[User:Jan eissfeldt|Jan eissfeldt]] ([[User talk:Jan eissfeldt|talk]]) 13:40, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
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We're churning out some pretty good issues here – you people are doing some very good work in the trenches. Looking forward to everything you all bring to next week's edition! Ed[talk][majestic titan]08:29, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Link to Wikimedia Research newsletter on your front page. I found this newsletter by linking from yours. It looked interesting; now I am not sure where to find it. --Greenmaven (talk) 00:28, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Does Wikipedia Pay: Just a note, the second interview in the series will be up for the following (April 30) edition, and it will be with WikiStrategies founder Pete Forsyth. After that will be founder of CREWE, Phil Gomes. We can run roughly every week, though there may be some every other periods. Let me know if there's a preference for a consistent schedule (every 2 weeks) or if every week mostly is okay. Ocaasit | c00:57, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
well, we know (broadly) that it is not very helpful to present to many specials in one issue (as we did in the one on march 12). therefore you might consider looking at the pre-fixed schedules for the series Lord Roem is doing and the upcoming monthly research update by HaeB.
other possibly upcoming stuff (two specials on a) the scheduled re-design of the wmf's US education program and b) a re-visitor of the special on february 13 on finance ae in pre-planning stages) shouldn't be a problem for you and concretely timing them (education & finance) in the optimal way depends partly on processes beyond the signpost's command anyway.
considering all that, i would say: biweekly would be the best option and should provide you with the necessary planning security to arrange the dates of the interview sessions as you see fit, regards --Jan eissfeldt (talk) 16:26, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Does Wikipedia Pay? will be off this week, but will be back next week with an interview with User:Herostratus. Also, in about a month we'll have an interview with Jimbo, which should be a nice highlight of the series. Cheers, Ocaasit | c18:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That will be a good way to round off what has been a good series indeed. You might consider a few follow-ups with the remaining interviewees where opportunities arise to ask further probing questions. That would mean getting the initial body of responses in time, I guess. Perhaps some hypotheticals ... thought experiments of situations that are on the ethical or logistic edge? Tony(talk)04:41, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Disappointingly, Herostratus is MIA at the moment, so I won't have an interview ready this week either. I'll try to pull together a round-robin interview next week with 2 proponents and 2 opponents of paid editing. Hopefully we can fit Herostratus in before Jimbo in 2-4 weeks. Ocaasit | c23:32, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was hoping for just two more- is it possible to get Herostratus in with the 2 vs. 2 column next week, then wrap it up with Jimbo in the week after/two weeks max? Is that feasible? :-) Ed[talk][majestic titan]09:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
i had a look at springer together with Daniel, could be lead one, and the finance working group is meeting over the weekend, so i wil look into what they made of it in their last real meeting just short before their deadline (june 30), regards --Jan eissfeldt (talk) 13:40, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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