Re: [Foundation-l] Wikis analysed

2010-12-15 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 12/14/2010 2:55:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, v...@fct.unl.pt writes: > The Wikimedia projects power structure is definitely a serious > candidate for such analysis. > What is this? Link ? Will ___ foundation-l mailing list foun

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikis analysed

2010-12-14 Thread Virgilio A. P. Machado
It's quite interesting that this topic has surfaced. The applications of such software might be of great interest in many areas. Some of those applications seem so powerful that it seems likely that this might be already well developed. The application mentioned in the opening of this thread co

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikis analysed

2010-12-14 Thread John Vandenberg
Hi Olaf, This would be a good WikiProject within Wikisource, or on top of Wikisource. Do you have scans of the letters? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource Wikisource is already set up to manage the transcription and presentation of the letters, pages about authors, etc., and the community

[Foundation-l] Wikis analysed

2010-12-14 Thread Olaf Simons
Hi, I am thinking of recommending a wiki database to a research project planned at Erfurt University. The group I have to advise is planning to edit late 17th and early 18th century letters of the "republic of letters" with the aim to reconstruct the flow of ideas and the personal networks tha