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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)

==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.

==Possible areas of research==

==Possible areas of research==

==Reactions==

==Reactions==

* I have seen your posts on Wikipedia Review and Wikiversity regarding

 

the subject of "ethical breaching  experiments." These generally are not

* I have seen your posts on Wikipedia Review and Wikiversity regarding the subject of "ethical breaching  experiments". These generally are not permissible, and your involvement would be particularly unhelpful in light of prior history. Please refrain from engaging in, or inducing others to engage in, this practice. [[w:User:Newyorkbrad|Newyorkbrad]] ([[w:User  talk:Newyorkbrad|talk]]) 15:58, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

permissible, and your involvement would be particularly unhelpful in

 

light of prior history. Please refrain from engaging in, or inducing

others to engage in, this practice. [[w:User:Newyorkbrad|Newyorkbrad]]

([[w:User  talk:Newyorkbrad|talk]]) 15:58, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

(newyorkbrad  is a member of the english wikipedia's 'arbcom')

(newyorkbrad  is a member of the english wikipedia's 'arbcom')

* The only thing I'd  personally like to see regarding "breaching

 

experiments", especially that those that deliberately insert bad/false

* The only thing I'd  personally like to see regarding "breaching experiments", especially that those that deliberately insert bad/false information into  articles is: "Don't do them.", personally. They violate WP:POINT in a way that cannot easily be reconciled with further editing. [[w:User:SirFozzie|SirFozzie]]  ([[w:User talk:SirFozzie|talk]]) 01:47, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

information into  articles is: "Don't do them.", personally. They violate

 

WP:POINT in a way that cannot easily be reconciled with further editing.

(sirfozzie is a member of the english wikipedia's 'arbcom')

[[w:User:SirFozzie|SirFozzie]]  ([[w:User talk:SirFozzie|talk]]) 01:47,

 

19 January 2010 (UTC) (sirfozzie is a member of the english wikipedia's

* The  Dept of Fatherland Security runs deliberate tests of the airport security system, by having agents see if they can get stuff past the screeners, who are (supposedly) left out of the loop. It's very important QC instrument. But suppose they were total doofuses who weren't doing  this AT ALL. And suppose some citizens decided to take it upon  themselves, using harmless toy mockups and so forth. Can you imagine the shitstorm? That's rather what we have at Wikipedia. They won't do  it themselves, and they won't let anybody else do it, either. — "Milton Roe" ([http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=28227&view=findpost&p=216244 link])

'arbcom')

 

* The  Dept of Fatherland Security runs deliberate tests of the airport

* This page was deleted, and undeleted, leading to [[Wikiversity:Community_Review/Wikimedia_Ethics:Ethical_Breaching_Experiments|this]] review.

security   system, by having agents see if they can get stuff past the

screeners,   who are (supposedly) left out of the loop. It's very

important QC instrument. But suppose they were total doofuses who

weren't doing  this AT ALL. And suppose some citizens decided to take it

upon  themselves, using harmless toy mockups and so forth. Can you

imagine the shitstorm? That's rather what we have at Wikipedia. They

won't do  it themselves, and they won't let anybody else do it, either. -

'Milton   Roe'

([http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=28227&view=findpost&p=216244

link])

* This page was deleted, and undeleted, leading to

[[Wikiversity:Community_Review/Wikimedia_Ethics:Ethical_Breaching_Experiments|this]]

review.