On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Kim Osman <[email protected]> wrote:
> The newsletter is an important and unique space that has the potential to > foster this interaction through gathering current research and also > considering via effective and importantly *attributed* peer review, future > research directions. And maybe even collaborations... At the risk of drifting away from the initial theme in this thread, Kim's comment reminds me of: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Research_Ideas/Research_Hub If such an initiative were active, the newsletter would just represent the latest "ring" of growth, and the points of view it expresses would be tied to the concerns of such a project. I'd guess that the discovery of a thesis project that offers a new but still not fully tested idea would most likely be "exciting" rather than "disappointing" -- since the Research Hub would exist to find interesting new ideas and take them forward, relative to a crowdsourced (but not necessarily consensus) set of priorities. This would be a useful place -- and potentially a first stop -- for people who are interested in research on Wikipedia to engage, get ideas, present their work at different stages, get constructive feedback. Perhaps, as a way to build the community, it would become standard to invite people to write peer reviewed summaries of their own research, rather than or in addition to critical reviews. For example: I know it would be useful for me to have a place to discuss an unfunded IEG proposal and how to take the idea forward. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IEG/PlanetMath_Books_Project#Aggregated_feedback_from_the_committee_for_PlanetMath_Books_Project Here, we got points off especially for the line item "The project has demonstrated interest from a community it aims to serve." - which is quite similar to the evaluation of the MSc's work as "disappointing" because he didn't engage with Wikipedia(ns). But engagement goes both ways (or, all ways). _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
