Hi. I think a good way to estimulate scientists, or any other specialist, to contribute to Wikipedia, at least indirectly, is to produce content of his/her field with a license compatible with Wikipedia (CC-By, CC-By-SA, PD...). For example, some scientists are beginning to blog. Couldn't we use some of their texts for scientific divulgation be used as a good source of information for improving Wikipedia?
I doubt scientists, in general, will have pacience and/or time to discuss with some people they can find during editions. Some can also think easier to write a blog or a web page, than editing a wiki text. Or can also feel more confortable. At least in Brazil, if someone in government said scientists should write on Wikipedia, I believe most would think "What for? What will I gain from this?", since their recognition comes, usualy, from articles published and this is what counts when you look for a job. Wikipedia would make them almost anonymous and maybe with online texts they would have some feeling of a direct recognition (people comments on weblog, for example)... By the way, I thought very nice someone from a government supporting the use of Wikipedia and spread the news here in Brasil. :-) []'s, Tom _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
