Hoi,After a five year run, the Wikicite project has come to an end, it is a success. To secure the accomplishments of the last five years, it is vitally important to find a public for what comes next. The suggestion from the Wikicite people is to support all Wikipedias [1]. This is a great suggestion because like Commons and Wikidata, it brings the same kind of data together and finds benefits in collaboration.
While this gets in place, we can put Wikipedia editors first by providing a representation of current science that is about a Wikipedia article that is evaluated. I did describe how this will work in a blogpost [2]. Today I blogged about putting Wikipedia editors first [3] again but it comes with a twist.
We have been collaborating with the Internet Archive for a long time, the IA serves a vital role by ensuring that links to references remain available through its projects. As it is, the IA has similar projects to WikiCite. My suggestion is that we join hands, collaborate and have a shared project that benefits both our audiences. For us it will particularly be our Wikipedia editors and readers that benefit, it is entirely reasonable to expect that it will improve the quality of our projects as well.
What do you think?
Thanks.
GerardM