Hello,

I'm an employee of Wikimédia France and i'm writing to this list because a project on sources is currently being launched in partnership with the french ministry of research on the French and English versions of Wikipedia. The aim is to study the different ways in which sources are referenced in the French and English versions of Wikipedia in order to feed a barometer put online by the MESR, which measures the rate of scientific publications being opened. Initially, all sources will be studied, followed by scientific sources and open access scientific sources.

As part of this project, Wikimédia France issued a call for tenders and a partner (Datactivist) was selected. The aim of this project, as well as providing the barometer with new indicators, will be to benefit the communities.

A first phase of documentation is taking place and, in addition to the technical part of analysing Wikipedia dumps, interviews are planned with researchers who have carried out work on this topic as well as with contributors interested in answering Datactivist's questions about the different ways/tools/means of adding sources, referencing scientific works and discussing sources in general on English Wikipedia (and French too)

If you are interested in taking part in an hour-long discussion with our partner, please send me an e-mail.

If you also know researchers who have worked on the subject of sources, i'd be happy to get in touch.

Many thanks in advance,

MATHIEU DENEL _CHARGÉ DE MISSION ÉDUCATION_

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