“That means we basically have to find a list of all academics who are Wikimedians
anyway!”
You can find a list of the 659 wikipedians who “declare” themselves as academics with the
userbox at
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Us…
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:User_academic&limit=500>
&limit=500
Rod
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[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Deryck Chan
Sent: 18 March 2011 17:04
To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians
That means we basically have to find a list of all academics who are Wikimedians anyway!
On a separate note, I also came up with the possibility of using Wikipedia as a metric for
academic prominence: rank academics by the number of Wikipedia articles in which
they've been cited.
On 18 March 2011 16:43, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
Probably in terms of edit count / contributions to Wikipedia.
Thanks,
Mike
On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:42, Deryck Chan wrote:
Do you mean generally top in the academia, or the top
UK academic in terms of Wikipedia edit count?
On 18 March 2011 16:38, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
One further question from them, which is a rather interesting one:
"Is there any way at all knowing who the TOP UK academic author is?"
Thanks,
Mike
On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:28, Michael Peel wrote:
Thanks for everyone's recommendations;
I've passed as many of them on as I could. I also talked to them for about 30 mins
about my edits to Wikipedia (although I keep forgetting how small my enwp edit count is,
considering how much time I spend on Wikimedia...) and everything that the UK community +
WMUK's trying to do with education at the moment.
Thanks,
Mike
On 18 Mar 2011, at 07:28, Michael Peel wrote:
Hi all,
The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on the use of
Wikipedia in academia, and they're looking for Wikimedians who are also UK-based
academics that they can talk to (and also academics that have an aversion to Wikipedia).
If you think you'd fit the bill, or know someone that might, please could you get in
touch asap? They need to talk to someone today ideally...
Thanks,
Mike
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