[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia: the Journal

Brian Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu
Sun Sep 13 22:27:04 UTC 2009


On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:20 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:

>
> That is how I envision this WikiJournal prospective.  Not as another
> university-driven nowheresville which gets no traction because the vast
> majority
> of the world doesn't really care to read highly scientific and technical
> articles.
>
> Another example might be, let's say that you write a piece on intricate
> details of the Watergate scandal, as an investigative journalist.  It's not
> "news" but I would think WikiJournal (or whatever) might be a perfect venue
> to
> have such an article peer-reviewed.  WikiNews is not peer-reviewed.
>

How is this different than the "peer review" at Wikipedia?


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