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
I guess you are already aware of https://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/04/06/tenure-awarded-based-in-part-on-wikipe... ?
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:04 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Dearest research list!
Two things:
- 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...
- 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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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.
On 23.07.2013 22:04, phoebe ayers wrote:
Dearest research list!
Two things:
- 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...
- 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
Hi Phoebe
you can interview me if your like.
My Wikipedia contributions were counted for my promotion to the position of full professor. There were obviously not counted as "research", but as a kind of community service.
Cheers Yaroslav
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod@mccme.ruwrote:
On 23.07.2013 22:04, phoebe ayers wrote:
Dearest research list!
Two things:
- 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...
- 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
Hi Phoebe
you can interview me if your like.
My Wikipedia contributions were counted for my promotion to the position of full professor. There were obviously not counted as "research", but as a kind of community service.
Cheers Yaroslav
Thanks Yaroslav! and thanks everyone else too, including the people who wrote me off-list. This will be an interesting project :)
Phoebe
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