On 23 February 2016 at 12:27, Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > Hi all > > WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public which > explain the benefits of open knowledge.
What is the objective here? > > I have already been signposted to some existing resources (provided by other > organisations) but if you know of any really good materials on this, please > let me know. > > Also, if anyone would like to take on the task of writing a short, simple > guide to open knowledge from a Wikimedia perspective, please let me know! > This will go on our website but will also be a document that we can email to > people as necessary. > As necessary for what? Outside of a few textbook and journal publishers its not as if there are many people who oppose the concept. You want to see how open access journals are used on wikipedia? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Open_access&limit=5000 Want to see some pretty pictures in use? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrogramma_enigmatica_sp._nov.,_holotype.png or most of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Looking_out Want a project that could improve wikipedia's use of open access? Run Beall’s List against the database to see if there any references that need review: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
