Please, see http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/04/29/redrawing-the-map-from-access-to-participation/
Worth thinking on the impact this can also have on Wikimedia projects when it comes to the actual knowledge divide<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_divide>, mainly like Wikipedia, which aggregates knowledge in the form of a encyclopedia through reliable sources. This reminds me the reason why organizations like Article 19<http://www.article19.org/>were created (private communication with a friend who worked there), where a UNESCO report from the 80's already pointed out such divide (I have to remember the name of the report). To face this reality is a way for we try to learn what can be done in terms of metrics on our global projects. (Although I must tell my biggest concern now is that we from the global south - or whatever you call it, maybe we could call the big fraction of the world without access to knowledge - have access to scientific and educational knowledge.) Tom -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
