Hi all,
I recently wrote this essay on a concept I've been pondering for a
while that I call the learn, share, invent cycle. I'd like to know
your thoughts and any feedback, either here or on the essay talk page.
I think it could be a great model for how to engage researchers more
in Wikipedia contribution in a way that fits into their existing
workflow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Learn,_share,_invent_cycle
Short preview:
The learn, share, invent cycle is a model describing how researchers
can incorporate Wikipedia editing into their existing professional
workflow. It is composed of three basic steps:
* Learn: The researcher does background research in an area, based on
an immediate need such as a research idea in that area.
* Share: The researcher creates new Wikipedia articles or fact-checks
and expands existing articles to summarize what they have just learned
about the area.
* Invent: The researcher uses what they have learned to derive novel results.
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Derrick Coetzee, User:Dcoetzee
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~dcoetzee/