Hi Samuel, That's really GREAT - we need that a lot for many "sensitive" topics.
Sincerely, Pavlo On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > The idea is to have a wiki-project with an entry for every cited > source, author, and publication -- including critical secondary > sources that exist only to comment on sources/authors/publications. > > Aggregate information about the reliability of these sources, where > they are used, how they are discussed and linked together. > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiTextrose > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicite > > The "wikitextrose" proposal aims to gather data about these types of > sources, and links between them. > > The "wikicite" proposal aims to organize citable statements on other > wiki projects so that one can trace the origins of the idea expressed > back to sources. > > SJ > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Jodi Schneider <jodi.schnei...@deri.org> > wrote: >> Samuel, >> >> This is great! >> >> What's the idea for a WikiCite project? >> >> -Jodi >> >> On 20 Jun 2010, at 22:44, Samuel Klein wrote: >> >>> Some motivation for a proper WikiCite project. --sj >>> >>> >>> =============== Begin forwarded message ================== >>> "How citation distortions create unfounded authority: analysis of a >>> citation network" >>> http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/jul20_3/b2680 >>> >>> >>> Abstract: >>> >>> Objective -To understand belief in a specific scientific claim by >>> studying the pattern of citations among papers stating it. >>> >>> Design - A complete citation network was constructed from all PubMed >>> indexed English literature papers addressing the belief that \u03b2 >>> amyloid, a protein accumulated in the brain in Alzheimer\u2019s >>> disease, is produced by and injures skeletal muscle of patients with >>> inclusion body myositis. Social network theory and graph theory were >>> used to analyse this network. >>> >>> Main outcome measures - Citation bias, amplification, and invention, >>> and their effects on determining authority. >>> >>> Results: >>> The network contained 242 papers and 675 citations addressing the >>> belief, with 220 553 citation paths supporting it. Unfounded authority >>> was established by citation bias against papers that refuted or >>> weakened the belief; amplification, the marked expansion of the belief >>> system by papers presenting no data addressing it; and forms of >>> invention such as the conversion of hypothesis into fact through >>> citation alone. Extension of this network into text within grants >>> funded by the National Institutes of Health >>> and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act showed the same >>> phenomena present and sometimes used to justify requests for funding. >>> >>> Conclusion: >>> Citation is both an impartial scholarly method and a powerful form of >>> social communication. Through distortions in its social use that >>> include bias, amplification, and invention, citation can be used to >>> generate >>> information cascades resulting in unfounded authority of claims. >>> Construction and analysis of a claim specific citation network may >>> clarify the nature of a published belief system and expose distorted >>> methods of social citation. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
