On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Richard Jensen <rjen...@uic.edu> wrote: > Sadly I think this discussion demonstrates some hostility toward academe.
There's certainly a reflex against the Appeal to Expertise. But on balance I would say Wikimedians have an appreciation and enthusiasm for academia. (many active contributors have connections there, as students, grad students, profs or researchers.) > My own thinking is currently along two lines: > > a) set up a highly visible Wiki prsence at scholarly conventions (in > multiple disciplines) with 1) Wiki people at booths to explain the secrets > of Wikipedia to interested academics and 2) hands-on workshops to show > professors how to integrate student projects into their classes. > > b) run a training program for experienced Wiki editors at a major research > library... provide access to sources... Bring in historians covering main > historiographical themes. I think this could help hundreds of editors > find new topics, methods and sources These are both great ideas. I believe something like a) has happened at a few universities, if not at scholarly conventions. Conventions might reach a cross-section of hundreds of institutions at once. And something like b) has happened at various libraries. There has been interest in doing that in Boston with focus on a particular field or type of special collection. Sam. _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
