On Jan 23, 2008 5:24 PM, Ian A Holton <poeloq(a)gmail.com> wrote:
IMHO, Wikipedia should - at some point - do a
recruiting drive for
academics to get more involved with specialist subjects.
I've been trying to do this, within my field. This went out to most
historians of science in the Americas and the UK:
http://hssonline.org/publications/Newsletter2008/NewsJan2008Ross.html
. I've gotten a fair number of emails about it, all of them positive
so far. Some of them said they planned to get involved, though I
haven't seen much on-wiki activity from them yet. Academics can be
receptive to the idea, especially if an appeal to edit is coming from
a colleague. If you're involved with any sort of professional
academic society, try getting a short letter about Wikipedia into
their newsletter or main professional news outlet; the editors of such
things are likely to jump at the chance to publish something about
Wikipedia related specifically to their field.
-Sage (User:Ragesoss)