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 protected]> 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 protected]> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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