> I'd suggest focusing on the area of wiki studies, nothing more and
nothing less.

I don't think that this is a good strategy.  Wiki's are just one type of
collaboration support software.  What if the artifact of collaboration is
not hypertext?  Most people would not consider a open source code
repository to be a "wiki" without doing some stretching, but as far as the
contribution model goes, it is nearly the same.

Recently, the steering committee of WikiSym became aware of the problem of
branding the conference around a single open collaboration technology and
has started a transition from "WikiSym" to "OpenSym".


On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Piotr Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/1/2012 7:45 AM, Pierre-Carl Langlais wrote:
>
>>
>> *Technical issue : we probably need a specific wiki. Whereas not highly
>> sophisticated, it should perhaps include some reading functions in order to
>> make the journal main content easy to read and to refer to.
>>
> What's wrong with hosting it at one of WMF wikis? Meta or Wikiversity seem
> rather appropriate?
>
>
>  *Scientific issue : the journal requires rather a broad and definite
>> general thematic, in order to receive diverse and, yet, coherent
>> submissions. Perhaps a focus on epistemological topics (open access…) or
>> communication topics (wiki-system and so on…) could deem appropriate, as it
>> would allow to go beyond disciplinary barriers.
>>
>
> I'd suggest focusing on the area of wiki studies, nothing more and nothing
> less.
>
>
>  *Financial issue : a small grant from the WMF would be enough to start.
>> As the journal is to rely on volunteer work, all we have to do is to ensure
>> the technical bare necessities.
>>
>>
> WMF grants procedure is here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/**
> wiki/Grants:Index <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index>
> Through I am not sure what costs would involved, if it is hosted at a WMF
> wiki, and run by volunteers.
>
>
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>
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> one's laurels, is defeat." --Józef Pilsudski
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