Looks like an excellent waste of effort. Maybe the problem of publishing non-publishable oral sources occurred to someone on the team. Anyway the english wikipedia seems to be the appropriate place for your original research. I can't wait to read all about it.
I still think a research project in emesis in the global south or something would have suited english wikipedia better but that's just me. Your fan Elizabeth On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Achal Prabhala <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > At the beginning of 2011, a group of us began working on a project to > explore alternative methods of citation on Wikipedia. We were motivated > by the lack of published resources in much of the non-Anglo-European > world, and the very real difficulty of citing everyday aspects of lived > reality in India and South Africa. > > We are now at a stage where the project is almost complete, and we'd > like to share our work with the broader movement, especially within > India and South Africa. > > There are three languages we worked within: Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi. > > The project page documents the process and logistics employed, as well > as the findings and results: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations > > A film made on the project is available here: > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv?withJS=MediaWiki:MwEmbed.js > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv > or > http://vimeo.com/26469276 > > There have been discussions on oral citations for some time now within > the language communities we worked with for the duration of the project. > At this stage, we are really interested in *your* feedback, either on > this list, or on the Discussion section of the project page. > > There are still some things to come, namely: > > - Updates on events, meetings and discussions held around the project > (as they happen) > - Updates on articles created in Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi as a result > of the project (as they happen) > - English transcripts of the interviews and a full English subtitle track > for further translation (we could use some help here). > > We would be very grateful to hear your feedback, and begin a broader > discussion. > > Best wishes, > Achal > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Oops, my karma ran over your dogma. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
