[Wiki-research-l] Recruiting gamers to edit Wikimedia

I've asked these questions in other ways and places and I'd like to hear what other people on the Research and EE lists think. There are many video game players of diverse ages, genders, languages, and locations. How could Wikimedia editing be made into an appealing activity for people

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Recruiting gamers to edit Wikimedia

Personnally, I'm a gamer and I use to edit wikimedia projects. I think it may be interesting if we create a game around some wikimedia projects. Another option may be to let people learn about the open-source-idea and what that could do with the world. I think this idea could stimulate a lot of

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Recruiting gamers to edit Wikimedia

I have been thinking that this is something we perhaps should approach university classes in game design about and see what they would come up with (perhaps as a formal assignement for them). However, I have yet to contact teachers to start talking to about this idea and also to list things

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Recruiting gamers to edit Wikimedia

I'm university lecturer, teaching video game development courses for 5 years. for me, it seems an interesting idea: a good analysis of a videogame is a formative assessment and can help improve Wikipedia. I'd be interested in the project ... 2013/7/4 John Andersson johnandersso...@hotmail.com

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Recruiting gamers to edit Wikimedia

I don't think the hard-core gaming community are likely to switch over to Wikipedia editing. I think you are dealing with some extremely different personality types. Indeed, I have always thought it would be interesting to do a study of Myers Briggs (or whatever personality test you prefer) to

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Recruiting gamers to edit Wikimedia

I think there might be some resistance within the WP community to encouraging detailed game content in WP. There are plenty of other wikis out there with game content (every plant and and zombie in Plants Vs Zombies, screenshots, tips, etc) that would not be seen as notable or encyclopedic.

[Wiki-research-l] Approaching Deadline: CfP - ICEEE2013 - Poland - IEEE

The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC) have the following upcoming conference. You might be interested to submit your research paper, please visit the web link for topics and further details. Title: The Second International Conference on E-Learning and

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Recruiting gamers to edit Wikimedia

There is resistance to including material with no published reliable source. They can also edit Wikia which is to a certain extent devoted to gaming. Fred I think there might be some resistance within the WP community to encouraging detailed game content in WP. There are plenty of other wikis