Hoi, Free licenses are not always possible, it is not as if a single scientist is the only one signing a paper and determining the license. What helps a LOT is for scientists to be open about their work, have a public ORCiD record so that we can import the data in Wikidata (the vagaries of Wikidata permitting).
That is the start. We can then add papers for for instance a Willem Hanekom a prolific scientist working on a TBC vaccin, a member of the South African Academy of Science who works for the Gates Foundation.. (by inference we learn the science that is in the Gates Foundation). Thanks, GerardM
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 10:02, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Kerry Raymond, 04/12/19 08:52:
I think if we want to turn around academic perception, we need to:
- make academics welcome on Wikipedia (apart from the usual conflict of
interests)
Yes, but I would argue the easiest and most impactful way for academics to help Wikipedia is to release their works with a free license. It's gratis and only takes a few minutes with proper tools: https://dissem.in/
https://blog.okfn.org/2017/10/26/how-wikimedia-helped-authors-make-over-3000...
In an ideal world the two things are not incompatible or even in competition, but in practice you're likely to have limited attention and time from an academic so you probably have to prioritise.
Federico
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