The Wikisource dogma is: "If things are published and free, they belong to Wikisource".
Unfortunately, there is no Wikimedia project for original research, Sucheta. As an example, some years ago I wanted to host my bachelor thesis (about Wikisource) in a fixed form on Wikisource (and I could do it), but also on a dynamic and collaborative form on Wikibooks. But Wikibooks is for manuals and textbooks, so it's not the right place. IMHO, this issue will get bigger and bigger over the years, and there could be room for another Wikimedia project that would allow open access, collaborative peer review and editing of original research. It could be a sort of new environment between academic publishing and Wikipedia (which now are quite distant for several reasons). Aubrey On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > This sounds like a Wikisource idea - do we have any wikisourcerers who can > give their thoughts? > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > On 5 January 2015 at 13:30, Sucheta Ghoshal <sucheta.ghos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > A few of my friends and I have been planning to document the history of > > counterculture in Bengali art and literature. These friends are also > > working in that domain professionally, and have access to a huge > repository > > of texts, images, and other relevant details that they are willing to > make > > available digitally in the form of free contents. We wish to have the > > contents as wikis, and, pictures and video snippets that might be > involved > > - as properly licensed free materials. Now, the concern is if there is > some > > Wikimedia Project that would host contents that are based on such an > > enormous amount of original research. Wikipedia is certainly not the > > appropriate place. And, as there exist no earlier works on this > particular > > domain on the internet, references would be negligible. I was thinking > > about Wikibooks, instead. I am not entirely sure if that fits either, > but I > > assume it fits better than Wikipedia, at least. The last option is to > host > > it ourselves with the MediaWiki setup, and I am considering it very much. > > But, the idea essentially is to make people edit and enrich it with as > much > > inputs as possible. It would be really helpful, in that case, if it could > > be placed in one of the Wikimedia projects. Suggestions, of every kind, > > would be deeply appreciated. > > > > Best, > > Sucheta > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
