It's definitely within the scope of the project. I've stumbled upon a couple of summaries recently, but a lot of expansion should happen to organize and make this a better effort.
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Reading_log_McRuer,_Tatum,_Hj%C3%B6rne_%26_S%C3%A4lj%C3%B6 https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/McCall,_Leslie_%282005%29:_The_complexity_of_intersectionality._Signs:_Journal_of_Women_in_Culture_and_Society._Volume_3_%283%29_s._1771-1800 On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Finn Årup Nielsen <f...@imm.dtu.dk> wrote: > > > "AcaWiki and Wikiversity for collaborative summaries of and notes > on books and academic papers" > > Are Wikiversity used for summaries? I have never seen Wikimedia Foundation > projects used for summaries and that was the reason I started my own wiki - > Brede Wiki <http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/**>. > > I think it would be a good idea if there was a WMF CC BY-SA site for > summaries and research data, especially now since we are getting Wikidata > that could store structured research data. > > > Finn Årup Nielsen > > > > On 01/28/2013 03:05 PM, Kẏra wrote: > >> I wonder if there's a way we could promote libre knowledge (which is >> freely licensed and in free formats) over individuals just posting links >> to their work. >> >> "Posting our PDFs is all fine and good, but the real way to honor Aaron >> Swartz is to combat this pervasive institutional fecklessness and do >> everything in our power to make sure no papers ever end up behind pay >> walls again." >> >> — >> http://blogs.berkeley.edu/**2013/01/25/how-academia-** >> betrayed-and-continues-to-**betray-aaron-swartz/<http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2013/01/25/how-academia-betrayed-and-continues-to-betray-aaron-swartz/> >> >> How can we promote >> * Public Library of Science <https://www.plos.org/>, BioMed Central >> <https://www.biomedcentral.**com/ <https://www.biomedcentral.com/>>, and >> other freely licensed academic >> journals >> * AcaWiki <http://acawiki.org/> and Wikiversity >> <https://en.wikiversity.org/> for collaborative summaries of and notes >> >> on books and academic papers >> * Connexions <http://cnx.org/> and Wikibooks >> <https://en.wikibooks.org/> as collaborative course materials and >> textbooks >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Students for Free Culture >> <webleader+rss-bot@**freeculture.org<webleader%2brss-...@freeculture.org> >> <mailto:webleader+rss-bot@**freeculture.org<webleader%2brss-...@freeculture.org>>> >> wrote: >> >> _Rarely does the name of one person, lacking political office or seat >> of >> power, echo across the internet so thoroughly as it did in the wake of >> [Aaron Swartz's death][1]. How was the work of one person revered by >> so >> many, from the front page of every major paper in the US, to radical >> communities working against various axis of oppression?_ >> >> **Aaron Swartz recognized something. In his own words, "Information is >> power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for >> themselves." —[Guerilla Open Access Manifesto][2]** >> >> [![Aaron Swartz][3]][3] >> >> Based on an image by [Jacob Applebaum][4] via [Wikimedia][5]. >> [CC-BY-SA >> 3.0][6] >> >> Many of us have spent time grieving together on message boards, email >> lists, and with friends. While we mourned the loss of a brilliant hero >> to a [broken and backwards criminal justice system][7], an outpouring >> of >> support for his work roared to life. Almost overnight, recognition of >> the importance of his mission spread across every corner of the web. >> What now? >> >> Aaron understood that the way we experience and interact with the >> world >> is [inseparable from the media and technology around us][8]. He knew >> that only when they are [free from private ownership][9] can we hope >> to >> harness their liberatory potential and gain control over our own >> lives. >> He has been an invaluable force in the free software and free culture >> movements, working against the privatization of information, culture, >> and knowledge. >> >> Aaron fought to tear down the walls that hide big secrets and lock up >> human knowledge for the profit of the gatekeepers. The pressures which >> drove him to suicide — up to 50 years in prison and $4 million in >> fines >> — were brought against him for a victimless crime. These egregiously >> harsh punishments for [releasing public domain papers][10] locked up >> on >> JSTOR may have been due to Aaron's support of [ Private Breanna >> Manning][11] and [ties to Wikileaks][12]. Either way, Aaron should >> have >> been rewarded. >> >> There is already far too much fear in resisting the powers that Aaron >> stood up against. **We can only carry on his fight by turning this >> fear >> into indignation, and indignation into action, just as he did.** >> >> In efforts to carry on his work, [global hackathons][13] have been >> planned in his memory; a graduate student made [a commitment to free >> knowledge][14] by boycotting locked-down journals; the [Memorial JSTOR >> Liberator][15] continues the task of releasing public domain documents >> by crowdsourcing; [#PDFTribute][16] was started [for authors of >> academic >> papers to share their works][17]; and Anonymous defaced the United >> States Sentencing Commission website with [a video][18] threatening a >> massive exposure of government secrets in the style of WikiLeaks' >> [insurance][19] [files][20]. >> >> While individual efforts are admirable, Aaron's work involved much >> [more >> than opting out][21] of the systems he recognized as broken. He >> targeted >> them. He aimed to uproot them. **Everything Aaron wrote, whether >> vernacular or code, was free, but what he died doing was freeing the >> work of others.** >> >> There are already plenty of places to publish and share [free cultural >> works][22], but this is only half of the battle. The remaining >> question >> is how to usurp proprietary knowledge sources. The answer, then, is to >> eliminate their value by taking the knowledge they amass and release >> it >> into the world. **Our own rejection of locking up knowledge should be >> taken for granted.** **To continue Aaron's work, we must create an >> organized movement to take down the gatekeepers which keep hoards of >> information secret and lock our cultural productions behind their >> walls.** >> >> [1]: >> http://www.rememberaaronsw.**com/statements/family.html<http://www.rememberaaronsw.com/statements/family.html> >> >> [2]: >> >> http://archive.org/stream/**GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/**Goamjuly20<http://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly20> >> 08_djvu.txt >> <http://archive.org/stream/**GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/** >> Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt<http://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt> >> > >> >> >> [3]: >> http://freeculture.org/files/**2013/01/Aaron_Swartz.jpg<http://freeculture.org/files/2013/01/Aaron_Swartz.jpg> >> >> [4]: >> https://secure.flickr.com/**photos/44289662@N00/335161549<https://secure.flickr.com/photos/44289662@N00/335161549> >> >> [5]: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/**wiki/File:Aaron_Swartz_23c3_** >> day_0.jpg<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aaron_Swartz_23c3_day_0.jpg> >> >> [6]: >> https://creativecommons.org/**licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/> >> >> [7]: http://www.rememberaaronsw.**com/memories/the-inspiring-** >> heroism- <http://www.rememberaaronsw.com/memories/the-inspiring-heroism-> >> of-Aaron-Swartz.html >> <http://www.rememberaaronsw.**com/memories/the-inspiring-** >> heroism-of-Aaron-Swartz.html<http://www.rememberaaronsw.com/memories/the-inspiring-heroism-of-Aaron-Swartz.html> >> > >> >> [8]: http://thesocietypages.org/**cyborgology/2011/09/13/** >> digital- <http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/13/digital-> >> dualism-and-the-fallacy-of-**web-objectivity/ >> <http://thesocietypages.org/**cyborgology/2011/09/13/** >> digital-dualism-and-the-**fallacy-of-web-objectivity/<http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/13/digital-dualism-and-the-fallacy-of-web-objectivity/> >> > >> >> [9]: http://thesocietypages.org/**cyborgology/2012/09/07/who-** >> fights- <http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/09/07/who-fights-> >> for-the-users/ >> <http://thesocietypages.org/**cyborgology/2012/09/07/who-** >> fights-for-the-users/<http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/09/07/who-fights-for-the-users/> >> > >> >> >> [10]: >> https://thepiratebay.se/**torrent/6554331<https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6554331> >> >> [11]: http://feministing.com/2011/**12/22/why-does-the-media-and- >> **her- <http://feministing.com/2011/12/22/why-does-the-media-and-her-> >> supposed-supporters-continue-**to-misgender-breanna-manning/ >> <http://feministing.com/2011/**12/22/why-does-the-media-and-** >> her-supposed-supporters-**continue-to-misgender-breanna-**manning/<http://feministing.com/2011/12/22/why-does-the-media-and-her-supposed-supporters-continue-to-misgender-breanna-manning/> >> > >> >> >> [12]: >> https://www.techdirt.com/**articles/20130122/18260621757<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130122/18260621757> >> /concerns-raised-about-aaron-**swartzs-prosecution-wikileaks- >> connection.shtml >> >> [13]: https://www.techdirt.com/**articles/20130121/14473121743/** >> global- <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130121/14473121743/global-> >> hackathons-prepared-to-carry-**forward-work-aaron-swartz.**shtml >> <https://www.techdirt.com/**articles/20130121/14473121743/** >> global-hackathons-prepared-to-**carry-forward-work-aaron-**swartz.shtml<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130121/14473121743/global-hackathons-prepared-to-carry-forward-work-aaron-swartz.shtml> >> > >> >> >> [14]: http://alexleavitt.com/oa/ >> >> [15]: >> http://aaronsw.archiveteam.**org/<http://aaronsw.archiveteam.org/> >> >> [16]: http://pdftribute.net/ >> >> [17]: >> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/**0,2817,2414241,00.asp<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414241,00.asp> >> >> [18]: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=WaPni5O2YyI<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaPni5O2YyI> >> >> [19]: http://www.wired.com/**threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-** >> insurance-<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance-> >> file/ >> <http://www.wired.com/**threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-** >> insurance-file/<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance-file/> >> > >> >> [20]: http://www.dailykos.com/story/** >> 2012/02/23/1067565/-WikiLeaks-<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/23/1067565/-WikiLeaks-> >> new-65-GB-Insurance-file-**following-Spy-Files-release >> <http://www.dailykos.com/**story/2012/02/23/1067565/-** >> WikiLeaks-new-65-GB-Insurance-**file-following-Spy-Files-**release<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/23/1067565/-WikiLeaks-new-65-GB-Insurance-file-following-Spy-Files-release> >> > >> >> [21]: >> >> http://blogs.berkeley.edu/**2013/01/25/how-academia-**betrayed-and-<http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2013/01/25/how-academia-betrayed-and-> >> continues-to-betray-aaron-**swartz/ >> <http://blogs.berkeley.edu/**2013/01/25/how-academia-** >> betrayed-and-continues-to-**betray-aaron-swartz/<http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2013/01/25/how-academia-betrayed-and-continues-to-betray-aaron-swartz/> >> > >> >> >> [22]: http://freedomdefined.org/ >> >> URL: http://freeculture.org/blog/**2013/01/27/how-to-honor-aaron-** >> swartz/<http://freeculture.org/blog/2013/01/27/how-to-honor-aaron-swartz/> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> disc...@freeculture.org >> <mailto:Discuss@freeculture.**org<disc...@freeculture.org> >> > >> >> >> 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