Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia-l] 2012 Editor survey launched

2012-11-02 Thread John Vandenberg
Thanks Tilman. Good to see the offer is in the public FAQ. I was on my phone at the time I saw it, and having some time on my hands I tried to fill it in. I managed to screw up the survey software on the languages selection by trying to select more than one, and then it wouldnt let me pick any. I

Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia-l] 2012 Editor survey launched

2012-11-02 Thread Kerry Raymond
I'm confused. I'm a Wikipedia editor and I am not seeing this invitation to the survey at akk? Kerry -Original Message- From: wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tilman Bayer Sent: Saturday, 3 November 2012 1:58 PM

Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia-l] 2012 Editor survey launched

2012-11-02 Thread Tilman Bayer
Hi John, On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 6:05 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: > Hi Tilman, > > Could you explain the logic behind the survey link not being static until > the user completes the survey or dismisses the notice? I guess you are referring to the fact that the survey invitation banner is designed t

Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia-l] 2012 Editor survey launched

2012-11-02 Thread John Vandenberg
Hi Tilman, Could you explain the logic behind the survey link not being static until the user completes the survey or dismisses the notice? I appreciate that you're offering, via email, to give people the survey link if they missed it, but that will influence who ends up your survey population. N

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, I wouldn't call it a "wiki journal", that gives a wrong impression, and also not call the draft like that. Kind regards Ziko 2012/11/2 Pierre-Carl Langlais : > > Thanks a lot for these interesting information. I have given a look at the > French Institute of scientific evaluation (AERES). T

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Samuel Klein
Hej, this is great. I think you should consider the following combined model: * Organize [papers] and [reviews] on a wiki. Aim for open collaboration and discussion among researchers in the draft phase. [papers] := drafts, data, analysis, reflists; casual peer review [reviews] := comments, quest

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Piotr Konieczny
I like the draft design. Here's an idea on how to do tackle the double blind peer review, wiki way: 1) anonymous submissions: let's have a public account for submissions (username and password either listed on the journal page, or given out by editor through email). This being meta or wikivers

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Brian Keegan
Have you all considered whether the costs of bootstrapping up a set of editors and authors, playing the impact factor game, and articulating a mission that is broad enough to include computer scientists and historians warrant the benefits of having yet another outlet to publish wiki research? The b

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Piotr Konieczny
I would like to volunteer to help, but I agree with Darek that we need to aim towards entering serious journal rankings from day 1. I think we can both experiment with the wiki publishing model, and prepare a pdf versions if needed for the traditionalists; it's not like it's difficult - MediaWi

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Juliana Bastos Marques
As for any candidates for institutional academic support, I could easily arrange for my university, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO - http://www.unirio.br), where I've been setting a wiki research Lab and we have a very good Library Studies Dept., where they can help us with the

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Pierre-Carl Langlais
Thanks a lot for these interesting information. I have given a look at the French Institute of scientific evaluation (AERES). Their requirements are very simlar : (1) Open editorial comittee, with international range and a main focus of research. (2) Efficient selection process (which imply

[Wiki-research-l] userstats Python library - user-centric metrics on Wikipedia users

2012-11-02 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
https://github.com/embr/userstats "We're pleased to release version 0.1.0 of the userstats Python library and command-line tool for computing user-centric metrics on Wikipedia users. The goal of the software is to make it easy for project owners to track the contributions and status of users invol

[Wiki-research-l] [ANN] Semantic Web Journal: Special Issue on Multilingual Linked Open Data (MLOD) 2012

2012-11-02 Thread Sebastian Hellmann
Dear all, please find attached the call for a Special Issue on Multilingual Linked Open Data (MLOD) 2012. Continuing the great success of the MLODE 2012 workshop[1], we welcome novel submission until *Nov 23rd* to this special issue of the Semantic Web Journal. We also produced a new version

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, I find it a very good idea (I expressed it in 2008 or 2009); the focus should be somewhat defined, e..g wiki's and open content; and it should be done in a way that others respect the journal. Kind regards Ziko 2012/11/2 Juliana Bastos Marques : > As far as my experience goes, the required

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Juliana Bastos Marques
I'd like to provide some data for comparison in terms of requirements for traditional academic journals. The Brazilian committee for my area that rates journals and acts as standard for cvs, tenures etc, lists [1]: - editor-in-chief - editorial committee - consultive committee - ISSN - editorial p

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Pierre-Carl Langlais
I have just made a very quick draft to have a general idea of what the journal could be : http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alexander_Doria/First_Proposal_for_a_Wiki_Journal It includes notably a « Making-Of » section that comprises all the working and contextual texts that are not visibl

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
fair enough, when people tell you that something is impossible, it means you're probably on the right way :) good luck. dj On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:01 PM, emijrp wrote: > Great Dariusz : ) I will launch the Journal of Wikis project and I will > learn a lot. It won't be just a journal in the o

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Pierre-Carl Langlais
One idea would be to appoint one or several volunteer editor(s). They could ensure all the formal and administrative aspects of the journal: receiving and anonymizing the propositions, publishing them on the wiki, editing the final Wiki and PDF versions, keep in touch with ISI and other e

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread emijrp
Great Dariusz : ) I will launch the Journal of Wikis project and I will learn a lot. It won't be just a journal in the old sense, it will be something new. I remember when people on this mailing list talked during years about a way to compile wiki literature, but no advances were done. Until I dec

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
> > Not my case, but I understand that there are people in that situation. > This story was the same in 2001, when people thought that only an > expert-written encyclopedia with very rigid methods would be successful. > Good for you, but it is somewhat irrelevant. I'd speculate that possibly even

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread emijrp
2012/11/2 Dariusz Jemielniak > unfortunately, if you want to make impact in the Academia, the approach of > "all we need is a wiki" will not work. Even the most avid enthusiasts of > open publication models and of wiki usually do have career-paths, tenure > reviews, etc. Not my case, but I unde

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Manuel Palomo Duarte
+1 Let me add that the peer-reviewing system is a must, but not enough by itself for considering the magazine an addition to science. There is another important fact: who reviews the papers? If a groups of enthusiastic but non-experienced, non-expert in research people review the submissions, wha

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
unfortunately, if you want to make impact in the Academia, the approach of "all we need is a wiki" will not work. Even the most avid enthusiasts of open publication models and of wiki usually do have career-paths, tenure reviews, etc. As long as reality is as it is now, we'd have to have a "proper"

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Research Jounal…

2012-11-02 Thread emijrp
Yes, I think that it is important to focus in the wikis topic. It is so broad that hardly would need more than that, I neither understand the WikiSym move to OpenSym. But not only a new journal, we have an opportunity to create a more open publication model, using a... wiki for all the steps (writ