Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, Resulting article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/29/wikipedia-survey-academic-contributions Although I kept feeding them details for others, and sending emails to suggested users, they ended up leading the article with the interview I did with them, including my

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-24 Thread Gordon Joly
On 22/03/2011 16:16, Michael Peel wrote: What sort of letters do you get published - have you ever sent in a Wikimedia-related one? Yes. Gordon -- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com http://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professionals!

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-24 Thread Gordon Joly
I regularly get a letter published in the Times Higher. So does Keith Flett? Am I an academic? Does that count? Not sure.:-) What sort of letters do you get published - have you ever sent in a Wikimedia-related one? Thanks, Mike __ Yes, on 27

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-22 Thread Michael Peel
On 20 Mar 2011, at 20:53, Gordon Joly wrote: On 18/03/2011 07:28, Michael Peel wrote: Hi all, The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on the use of Wikipedia in academia, and they're looking for Wikimedians who are also UK-based academics that they can talk to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-20 Thread Gordon Joly
On 18/03/2011 07:28, Michael Peel wrote: Hi all, The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on the use of Wikipedia in academia, and they're looking for Wikimedians who are also UK-based academics that they can talk to (and also academics that have an aversion to

[Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on the use of Wikipedia in academia, and they're looking for Wikimedians who are also UK-based academics that they can talk to (and also academics that have an aversion to Wikipedia). If you think you'd fit the bill, or

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Michael Peel
On 18 Mar 2011, at 09:31, Gordon Joly wrote: On 18/03/2011 07:28, Michael Peel wrote: The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on the use of Wikipedia in academia, and they're looking for Wikimedians who are also UK-based academics that they can talk to (and also

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Deryck Chan
Suggestion: Dr. Markus Kuhn, a computer science lecturer at Cambridge University. [[User:Markus Kuhn]] / mg...@cam.ac.uk Deryck On 18 March 2011 10:02, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: On 18 Mar 2011, at 09:31, Gordon Joly wrote: On 18/03/2011 07:28, Michael Peel wrote: The

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread rodward
Coming late to this discussion, but I'm an academic and wikipedian, have argued with colleagues about the use of wp by students - but if they are looking for someone who uses wp in a module/course then I can't help. Rod Suggestion: Dr. Markus Kuhn, a computer science lecturer at Cambridge

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Mike Peel
Probably not, I'm afraid... Mike On 18 Mar 2011, at 13:58, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Are secondary teachers academics? On 18 March 2011 07:28, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi all, The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on the use

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Michael Peel
One further question from them, which is a rather interesting one: Is there any way at all knowing who the TOP UK academic author is? Thanks, Mike On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:28, Michael Peel wrote: Thanks for everyone's recommendations; I've passed as many of them on as I could. I also talked to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Michael Peel
Probably in terms of edit count / contributions to Wikipedia. Thanks, Mike On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:42, Deryck Chan wrote: Do you mean generally top in the academia, or the top UK academic in terms of Wikipedia edit count? On 18 March 2011 16:38, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: One

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Deryck Chan
That means we basically have to find a list of all academics who are Wikimedians anyway! On a separate note, I also came up with the possibility of using Wikipedia as a metric for academic prominence: rank academics by the number of Wikipedia articles in which they've been cited. On 18 March

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Patel, Vinesh
...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: 18 March 2011 16:44 To: mailto:wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians

2011-03-18 Thread Michael Peel
: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians Probably in terms of edit count / contributions to Wikipedia. Thanks, Mike On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:42, Deryck Chan wrote: Do you mean generally top in the academia, or the top UK academic in terms of Wikipedia edit count? On 18 March