There's some related literature on academics attitude towards Wikipedia, mostly from the perspective of how they use it (primarily teaching with it). I did a review of it for one of my articles; it boils down to the fact that many don't understand it (think it is commercial, for example) and thus are hostile, others are afraid that its alternative to peer review will destroy traditional academia (resistance to change). Once they get over those issues they become more sympathetic, but most are pessimistic about being able to contribute to Wikipedia, seeing it as something not helpful towards their careers and not expecting much change here.

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On 7/23/2013 10:04 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
Dearest research list!

Two things:

1) I am looking for anything and everything about counting Wikipedia contributions for attribution & tenure/promotion purposes and/or C.V. enhancement, especially for academic faculty. This includes blog posts, anecdotes, research, case studies...

2) I'm just starting a review on the subject, which is also going to involve interviewing academics involved in Wikipedia about their thoughts, hopes and dreams on the subject of getting 'credit' for their contributions: so let me know if you're interested in being interviewed.

If there's interest maybe we can get together a little informal discussion at WikiSym/Wikimania as well.

thanks!
Phoebe 


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