In a message dated 11/1/2010 6:16:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jayvdb@gmail.com writes:
The PLOS Medicine article is based on a dataset of 78 interventional studies, 81 observational studies, and only 47 scientific reviews. Also, they do not dissect the data based on the reputability of the publishing venue.
We should only use peer-reviewed research published in reputable journals, which eliminates vast quantities of 'research'.
This phrase of yours "reputability of the publishing venue" sounds like the reputation of the periodical in which the research is published. But what we're discussing in this thread, or sub-thread is who is paying for the research, not the venue in which it's being published. Am I mis understanding your point?
Also whether or not some other article does or does not mention who paid for the research, I don't find germane to whether or not we should or should not do it. Even if you're right about what that other group is doing, we don't have to do exactly what someone else is doing.
Our main point, IMHO, should be, what's the most reader-centric position to take. Not what's the most producer-centric position.
Let's have our readers vote.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:49 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 11/1/2010 6:16:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jayvdb@gmail.com writes:
The PLOS Medicine article is based on a dataset of 78 interventional studies, 81 observational studies, and only 47 scientific reviews. Also, they do not dissect the data based on the reputability of the publishing venue.
We should only use peer-reviewed research published in reputable journals, which eliminates vast quantities of 'research'.
This phrase of yours "reputability of the publishing venue" sounds like the reputation of the periodical in which the research is published. But what we're discussing in this thread, or sub-thread is who is paying for the research, not the venue in which it's being published. Am I mis understanding your point?
Also whether or not some other article does or does not mention who paid for the research, I don't find germane to whether or not we should or should not do it. Even if you're right about what that other group is doing, we don't have to do exactly what someone else is doing.
Our main point, IMHO, should be, what's the most reader-centric position to take. Not what's the most producer-centric position. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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