Hi,
the idea on having a peer-reviewed journal specifically related to
Wikimedia/Wikipedia needed research that Milos and I have discussed
was, of course, to start small.
The idea is to start with a set of dedicated pages that would publish
Wikimedia related research, focusing on the needs generated by the
community, Rcom or the WMF, and trying to establish consistency of
standards and some at least minimal periodicity. The publishing
process would involve peer review from the beginning. I don't believe
it would be hard to establish a journal editorial in this case.
Of course, the merger with initiatives such as Wikimedia Summer of
Research is a natural way to go.
Then we would see what happens. If it happens to be useful (I bet) and
sustainable (the hard part: sustainable in terms of periodicity, norms
and quality), why not start thinking bigger than the initial small and
see if we can push it to a level of a significant journal in the
fields of socio-technical systems, user-computer interaction, online
collaboration and similar.
Best,
Goran
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Ziko van Dijk <
zvandijk@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hello,
The idea of a journal is very sound by itself. I doubt that
Wikiversity will be helpful.
Kind regards
Ziko
2011/9/22 Milos Rancic <millosh@gmail.com>:
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 14:38, WereSpielChequers
<werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Would this be a logical thing to have as part of Wikiversity?
Peer review does seem to me very like a Featured article process but with
credentialled reviewers.
Huh. Wikiversity has its own problems. Since Cormac Lawler went out of
WV, its integrity is very questionable. However, I agree that
organized boost into the right direction is something which WV needs.
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