The idea is to have a wiki-project with an entry for every cited source, author, and publication -- including critical secondary sources that exist only to comment on sources/authors/publications.
Aggregate information about the reliability of these sources, where they are used, how they are discussed and linked together. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiTextrose http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicite The "wikitextrose" proposal aims to gather data about these types of sources, and links between them. The "wikicite" proposal aims to organize citable statements on other wiki projects so that one can trace the origins of the idea expressed back to sources. SJ On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Jodi Schneider <jodi.schnei...@deri.org> wrote: > Samuel, > > This is great! > > What's the idea for a WikiCite project? > > -Jodi > > On 20 Jun 2010, at 22:44, Samuel Klein wrote: > >> Some motivation for a proper WikiCite project. --sj >> >> >> =============== Begin forwarded message ================== >> "How citation distortions create unfounded authority: analysis of a >> citation network" >> http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/jul20_3/b2680 >> >> >> Abstract: >> >> Objective -To understand belief in a specific scientific claim by >> studying the pattern of citations among papers stating it. >> >> Design - A complete citation network was constructed from all PubMed >> indexed English literature papers addressing the belief that \u03b2 >> amyloid, a protein accumulated in the brain in Alzheimer\u2019s >> disease, is produced by and injures skeletal muscle of patients with >> inclusion body myositis. Social network theory and graph theory were >> used to analyse this network. >> >> Main outcome measures - Citation bias, amplification, and invention, >> and their effects on determining authority. >> >> Results: >> The network contained 242 papers and 675 citations addressing the >> belief, with 220 553 citation paths supporting it. Unfounded authority >> was established by citation bias against papers that refuted or >> weakened the belief; amplification, the marked expansion of the belief >> system by papers presenting no data addressing it; and forms of >> invention such as the conversion of hypothesis into fact through >> citation alone. Extension of this network into text within grants >> funded by the National Institutes of Health >> and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act showed the same >> phenomena present and sometimes used to justify requests for funding. >> >> Conclusion: >> Citation is both an impartial scholarly method and a powerful form of >> social communication. Through distortions in its social use that >> include bias, amplification, and invention, citation can be used to >> generate >> information cascades resulting in unfounded authority of claims. >> Construction and analysis of a claim specific citation network may >> clarify the nature of a published belief system and expose distorted >> methods of social citation. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
