Just adding more stuff to this discussion.
The publication rate peaked in 2010-2011 (see the linked bar graph; 2012 is
not properly represented). The list of publications is not complete yet,
but it shows clearly a pattern. Perhaps wiki studies reached a plateau?
"Highly rated" is an interesting property.
One of the ways that a
publication venue becomes highly rated is by being highly restrictive. In
fact, the primary measurement of the quality of a publication venue is the
acceptance rate of that conference.
WikiSym is not considered highly rated because a high proportion of the
submitted papers are accepted. Would a wiki journal be more restrictive in
order to gain a "highly rated" status?
I think it's interesting to ask why WikiSym needs improvement and why
attendance has been falling. If a WikiSym is a wiki conference that is
struggling to maintain participation, how might a wiki journal surmount
such trouble? Assuming that the answer to my question above is "yes, the
wiki-journal would be more restrictive", how would such a journal gather
more submissions than an established conference like WikiSym -- enough to
both produce regular issues and maintain a high rejection rate?
-Aaron
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Joe Corneli <holtzermann17(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Aaron Halfaker
<aaron.halfaker(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
To state it plainly, why do we need yet another
publication venue
specific to wiki software?
I think people want a "highly rated" publication venue. Also,
«The reason why WikiSym is changing is for the same reason. People are
not going to the conference! I think the attendance has been below
100 for some time now. That's not a sustainable number for the amount
of work that goes into organizing a conference.»
But what you're saying suggests that maybe work should be done to
improve existing venues rather than creating a new one.
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