[Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

Tue Jul 26 19:21:18 UTC 2011

What is your intention here, Elizabeth, besides trolling?

2011/7/26 whothis <whothith at gmail.com>

> Looks like an excellent waste of effort.
>
> Maybe the problem of publishing non-publishable oral sources occurred to
> someone on the team. Anyway the english wikipedia seems to be the
> appropriate place for your original research. I can't wait to read all
> about
> it.
>
> I still think a research project in emesis in the global south or something
> would have suited english wikipedia better but that's just me.
>
> Your fan
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > At the beginning of 2011, a group of us began working on a project to
> > explore alternative methods of citation on Wikipedia. We were motivated
> > by the lack of published resources in much of the non-Anglo-European
> > world, and the very real difficulty of citing everyday aspects of lived
> > reality in India and South Africa.
> >
> > We are now at a stage where the project is almost complete, and we'd
> > like to share our work with the broader movement, especially within
> > India and South Africa.
> >
> > There are three languages we worked within: Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi.
> >
> > The project page documents the process and logistics employed, as well
> > as the findings and results:
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations
> >
> > A film made on the project is available here:
> >
> >
> >
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv?withJS=MediaWiki:MwEmbed.js
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv
> > or
> > http://vimeo.com/26469276
> >
> > There have been discussions on oral citations for some time now within
> > the language communities we worked with for the duration of the project.
> > At this stage, we are really interested in *your* feedback, either on
> > this list, or on the Discussion section of the project page.
> >
> > There are still some things to come, namely:
> >
> > - Updates on events, meetings and discussions held around the project
> > (as they happen)
> > - Updates on articles created in Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi as a result
> > of the project (as they happen)
> > - English transcripts of the interviews and a full English subtitle track
> > for further translation (we could use some help here).
> >
> > We would be very grateful to hear your feedback, and begin a broader
> > discussion.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Achal
> >
> >
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> --
> Oops, my karma ran over your dogma.
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