The paper is at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3039505
From page 35: "even with many conservative assumptions, dissemination through Wikipedia is ~1700x more cost-effective than traditional dissemination techniques" On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:39 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > To clarify, WPMEDF has self organized without direct WMF involvement. While > we are a member of the WM movement and support has been provided for a > couple of members to attend WMCON, we has never applied for or received > specific funding from the WM movement. > > Individuals, associated with WPMEDF, have applied for and received > individual engagement grants. In other words all these opportunities are > avaliable from the movement for those interested in improving Wikipedia's > economics coverage. > > Best > James > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:29 AM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That example is only the most visible tip of the iceberg. Now that >> there is evidence of multiple causal influences from Wikipedia's text >> to real life consequences, I repeat my suggestion that the Foundation >> should help editors organize a more careful and concerted effort >> towards authentic neutrality in economics and political economics >> articles which are likely to influence fiscal policies, just like it >> helps support the Medical and Women's user group affiliates today. I >> have no illusions that if I were part of such a formal effort it would >> be less successful than if it were composed entirely of Enwiki editors >> in good standing, and I will not be correcting the specific mistake in >> the Economics because I want to know how long it will stand, >> especially now that good alternatives have been proposed on its talk >> page (for several months!) There are plenty of others very much like >> it in other articles. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Peter Southwood >> <peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: >> > So fix it, >> > Cheers, >> > Peter >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On >> Behalf Of James Salsman >> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 2:53 AM >> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List >> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, September 20, >> 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC >> > >> > Wow, first there was solid evidence that tourism is causally influenced >> by Wikipedia, and now science. The English Wikipedia's Economics article >> still says "Tax cuts [boost] aggregate demand." >> > Isn't it time that potentially harmful biases in economics articles are >> tempered as carefully as those in medical articles? >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 1:53 AM, Sarah R <srodl...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, >> >> September 20, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC. >> >> >> >> YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR5JwqyVGSk >> >> >> >> As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. >> >> And, you can watch our past research showcases here >> >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/ >> Showcase#September_2017>. >> >> >> >>... >> >> >> >> Science is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence from a Randomized Control >> >> Trial By Neil C. Thompson and Douglas Hanley >> >> >> >> As the largest encyclopedia in the world, it is not surprising that >> >> Wikipedia reflects the state of scientific knowledge. However, >> >> Wikipedia is also one of the most accessed websites in the world, >> >> including by scientists, which suggests that it also has the potential >> >> to shape science. This paper shows that it does. Incorporating ideas >> >> into a Wikipedia article leads to those ideas being used more in the >> >> scientific literature. This paper documents this in two ways: >> >> correlationally across thousands of articles in Wikipedia and causally >> >> through a randomized experiment where we added new scientific content >> >> to Wikipedia. We find that fully a third of the correlational >> >> relationship is causal, implying that Wikipedia has a strong shaping >> >> effect on science. Our findings speak not only to the influence of >> >> Wikipedia, but more broadly to the influence of repositories of >> >> scientific knowledge. The results suggest that increased provision of >> >> information in accessible repositories is a very cost-effective way to >> >> advance science. We also find that such gains are equity-improving, >> >> disproportionately benefitting those without >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Wikimedia-l >> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > >> > --- >> > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> > http://www.avg.com >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Wikimedia-l >> > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
