Wikipedia is increasingly used by university students for "pre-research", to
gain context and explore ideas for course assignments and research projects
[1]. Yet many among scientists, academics and experts are reluctant to
contribute to Wikipedia, despite a growing number of calls from the scientific
community to join the project [2-3].
The Wikimedia Research Committee [4] has just launched a survey to understand
why scientists, academics and other experts do (or do not) contribute to
Wikipedia, and whether individual motivation aligns with shared perceptions of
Wikipedia within expert communities. We hope this may help us identify ways
around barriers to expert participation. The survey is anonymous and takes
about 20 min to complete. Please help us circulate the link among your students
and collaborators:
http://bit.ly/ExpertBarriers
Dario Taraborelli
Panagiota Alevizou
Daniel Mietchen
[1] http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/125899/
[2] http://www.jmir.org/2011/1/e14/
[3]
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/members/aps-wikipedia-initiative/
[4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_Committee
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