“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:User_academic <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:User_academic&limit=500> &limit=500 Rod From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deryck Chan Sent: 18 March 2011 17:04 To: [email protected] 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 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 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3514 - Release Date: 03/18/11
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