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

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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.