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# '''ethical breaching experiment''': An experiment which causes no harm in its execution, whilst yielding results useful for the greater good, or which inspire positive change, but which uses methods which may violate the letter or spirit of the guideline [[w:Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point#State_your_point.3B_do_not_prove_it_experimentally|'Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point']]
# '''ethical breaching experiment''': An experiment which causes no harm in its execution, whilst yielding results useful for the greater good, or which inspire positive change, but which uses methods which may violate the letter or spirit of the guideline [[w:Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point#State_your_point.3B_do_not_prove_it_experimentally|'Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point']]
[[User:Privatemusings|Privatemusings]] 00:57, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
[[User:Privatemusings|Privatemusings]] 00:57, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
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==Wikimedia examples==
==Wikimedia examples==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MZMcBride&oldid=338464991#Vandalizing_BLPs Provision of a list of unwatched biographical articles with the intention of some sort of experiment occurring] see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MZMcBride&oldid=338641888#Request here] for list of biographies, many of which feature 'breaching' edits in their history. The project appears to have been halted by admin. and arbcom involvement.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MZMcBride&oldid=338464991#Vandalizing_BLPs Provision of a list of unwatched biographical articles with the intention of some sort of experiment occurring] see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MZMcBride&oldid=338641888#Request here] for list of biographies, many of which feature 'breaching' edits in their history. The project appears to have been halted by admin. and arbcom involvement.
==='On Wikipedia' Documents the Dr. Handel debacle===
===''On Wikipedia'' Documents the Dr. Handel debacle===
[http://onwikipedia.blogspot.com/2010/03/dr-handel-or-how-i-learned-to-stop.html
* [http://onwikipedia.blogspot.com/2010/03/dr-handel-or-how-i-learned-to-stop.html The Dr. Handel debacle]
The Dr. Handel debacle]
[[/Mike Handel breach/|Wikiversity case study on the Mike Handel
[[/Mike Handel breach/|Wikiversity case study on the Mike Handel situation.]]
situation.]]
===Report from Limey ([http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=28227&view=findpost&p=216251 link])===
===Report from Limey ([http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=28227&view=findpost&p=216251 link])===
* [http://www.mywikibiz.com/Wikipedia_Vandalism_Study Wikipedia Vandalism Study] — concerning U.S. Senator articles on the English Wikipedia.
* [http://www.mywikibiz.com/Wikipedia_Vandalism_Study Wikipedia Vandalism Study] — concerning U.S. Senator articles on the English Wikipedia.
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==Possible areas of research==
==Possible areas of research==