Yes, I think that it is important to focus in the wikis topic. It is so broad that hardly would need more than that, I neither understand the WikiSym move to OpenSym.
But not only a new journal, we have an opportunity to create a more open publication model, using a... wiki for all the steps (writing, peer-reviewing and final publication). I see this project like a big experiment. All we need is a wiki, some volunteers to write papers and some volunteers to peer-review them. After a year of work, we can publish all the "approved" papers as the Journal of Wikis, Vol. 1, Issue 1. Volunteers? 2012/11/2 Piotr Konieczny <[email protected]> > This is not a list for researching collaboration support software, this > is a list for discussing one specific type of it, the wikis (with a focus > on Wikipedia). I see nothing wrong with retaining this focus, and I am > surprised that the rather successful WikiSym is trying to reframe itself. > Perhaps it makes sense for a conference, although I am not convinced. For > journal, there is certainly a scope for a (the...) journal limited to wiki > studies. There is already a number of journals dedicated to collaboration > support software (International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative > Learning - http://ijcscl.org/ ; International Journal of e-Collaboration > - > http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-collaboration-ijec/1090; > The Journal of Collaborative Computing and Work Practices - > http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606), plus some more broad > journals on collaboration (International Journal of Collaborative Practices > - http://collaborative-practices.com/ ; Journal of collaboration - > http://www.springerlink.com/content/g22377427w636731/). Starting an n-th > journal on that topic seems rather pointless to me, the only redeeming > grace would be that ours would be open source (most others are closed). > Much better, IMHO, to start the FIRST journal of wiki studies. A more > narrow field, yes, but much more badly in need of a journal than the > broader field of collaboration support software, which already has several > related journals. > > -- > Piotr Konieczny > > "To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on > one's laurels, is defeat." --Józef Pilsudski > > On 11/1/2012 2:21 PM, Aaron Halfaker wrote: > > > 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 >> Through I am not sure what costs would involved, if it is hosted at a WMF >> wiki, and run by volunteers. >> >> >> -- >> Piotr Konieczny >> >> "To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on >> one's laurels, is defeat." --Józef Pilsudski >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > -- Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada http://LibreFind.org - The wiki search engine
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