First part of this response is here. Response to specific accusations against me in 1st part of the paper is here. Background on Wikipedia user Icewhiz who was banned for harassment is here. The second portion of the Grabowski and Klein paper, roughly paragraphs 30-60 actually do attempt to blame specific editors for various Wikipedia disputes. The striking - and from point of view of scholarly ethics, shocking - aspect is that this portion of the paper appears to be entirely composed of Icewhiz’s grievances and complaints. Some parts of G&K are his statements almost verbatim and the authors repeat several of his false accusations, apparently not having bothered to fact check them. Even the non-Wikipedia sources that Grabowski and Klein cite are lifted straight from things Icewhiz wrote on Wikipedia four or five years earlier. Of course I cannot know for sure, but at first glance, to someone who is familiar with these disputes, it actually looks like Icewhiz was the one who wrote this part of the paper rather than the given authors, or maybe Grabowski and Klein just paraphrased text he provided to them.
Response to 2nd part of G&K's paper
Response to 2nd part of G&K's paper
Response to 2nd part of G&K's paper
First part of this response is here. Response to specific accusations against me in 1st part of the paper is here. Background on Wikipedia user Icewhiz who was banned for harassment is here. The second portion of the Grabowski and Klein paper, roughly paragraphs 30-60 actually do attempt to blame specific editors for various Wikipedia disputes. The striking - and from point of view of scholarly ethics, shocking - aspect is that this portion of the paper appears to be entirely composed of Icewhiz’s grievances and complaints. Some parts of G&K are his statements almost verbatim and the authors repeat several of his false accusations, apparently not having bothered to fact check them. Even the non-Wikipedia sources that Grabowski and Klein cite are lifted straight from things Icewhiz wrote on Wikipedia four or five years earlier. Of course I cannot know for sure, but at first glance, to someone who is familiar with these disputes, it actually looks like Icewhiz was the one who wrote this part of the paper rather than the given authors, or maybe Grabowski and Klein just paraphrased text he provided to them.