On Friday, November 9, 2012, Joe Corneli wrote: > Dear Wikiversity-ans: > > There has been some considerable discussion in wiki-research-l about > creating a new Wiki Studies journal and/or a new place to do research > the wiki way.
I always thought Wikiversity can be used for research in union with Wikipedia. Wikipedia is primarily thought of as an encyclopedia, but its a handy tool for research i believe. > > > One question is, why do we need a new place to do research, couldn't > we just use Wikiversity for that? For now, Wikiversity seems to focus > on education and specifically-educational research, but might it make > sense to broaden the scope to include original research more > generally? The issue of 'original' research came up recently among a group of wikimedians in accra. I see it as, if original research should have a place on Wikimedia, then Wikimedia will have to push aside some writing guidelines and policies. > > > If you could have a look at the skeleton of the proposal here and add > your input (or via this thread), I would appreciate it! > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Research_Ideas/Research_Hub > > Thanks, > Joe > > A little question: Will the Wiki Studies journal be a standalone website (eg. Wikistudies.org) owned by a separate organization (and not wikimedia) or it will be the next Wiki project? thanks rexford > _______________________________________________ > Wikiversity-l mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l > -- +Nyarko Rexford <https://plus.google.com/u/0/107174506890941499078>
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