s bliven - why scientists should contribute to wikipedia
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Presentation by S Bliven at BOSC2012: "Why scientists should contribute to Wikipedia"TRANSCRIPT
BOSC 2012 Talk
Why Scientists should contribute to Wikipedia Reconciling publish-or-perish with open access through PLoS Comp Biol Topic Pages Spencer Bliven, Andreas Prlić, Philip Bourne University of California, San Diego
BOSC 2012 Talk
Why Scientists should contribute to Wikipedia Reconciling publish-or-perish with open access through PLoS Comp Biol Topic Pages Spencer Bliven, Andreas Prlić, Philip Bourne University of California, San Diego
Full Disclosure: PLoS Comp Bio Editors
BOSC 2012 Talk
Wikipedia is the largest journal
• Currently 6th most-popular site (Alexa) • 285 Languages • 4,000,285 articles in English • Over 1,000 new articles per day • PLoS:ONE published 13,595 articles 2007-10
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_in_volumes
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Scientists Contributing to Wikipedia
“ Nature surveyed more than 1,000 Nature authors and found that although more than 70% had heard of Wikipedia and 17% of those consulted it on a weekly basis, less than 10% help to update it. The steady trickle of scientists who have contributed to articles describe the experience as rewarding, if occasionally frustrating” - Jim Giles Nature 438, 900-901 (15 December 2005)
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Why Don’t Scientists Contribute More
1. Perceived inaccuracies • Comparable accuracy to other Encyclopedias
o Nature 438, 900-901 (15 December 2005) o Dorothee Wiegand: "Entdeckungsreise. Digitale
Enzyklopädien erklären die Welt." c't 6/2007, March 5, 2007, p. 136-145
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
2. Little time for outreach activities 3. No direct attribution or citation
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Dangling the Carrot
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WikiUser et al. (2012) PLoS Comp Biol. 3(1) 41-59
“Running Man” by Hector Gomez
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PLoS Comp Bio’s Solution
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Topic Pages
• Peer reviewed (Open Review) • CC-BY license • Similar to Review article • Accessible language, minimal jargon • Drafted in Wiki markup • Full drafting history included as Supplemental
Material
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Major Differences
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License
References Primary, peer-reviewed articles
Secondary, encyclopedic sources
Authorship Explicit, limited number of authors
“Ownership” discouraged. Authors in page history
Content Abstract, Conclusions Lead, Hyperlinks
Technology Word documents Wiki markup and XML
Original Research Required Forbidden
Culture Reluctant Reviewers, Polite Editor Opinionated crowd
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Topic Page Process
1. Find computational biology topic not covered by Wikipedia
2. Create account on the drafting wiki: http://topicpages.ploscompbiol.org
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Mikael Sunnåker, Alberto Giovanni Busetto, Elina Numminen, Jukka Corander, Matthieu Foll, Christophe Dessimoz
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Topic Page Process
3. Draft article according to PLoS & Wikipedia guidelines
4. Pass open peer review on Talk page
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Miguel A. Fortuna, Luis Zaman, Aaron P. Wagner, Charles Ofria
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Topic Page Process
5. On publication date, copy article to Wikipedia!
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Current Pages
0 5 10 15 20
Published
Submitted
PLoSWiki
Planned
Number of Topic Pages at each stage
• 25 Registered PLoSWiki users (authors, editors, and reviewers)
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User Profiles
Phil Bourne PI & Editor-in-chief of PLoS:Comp Bio
Andreas Prlić [[User:Andorsch]] Co-author
Shoshana Wodak Daniel Mietchen
Topic Page Editors
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Resources
• Email [email protected] to get started • See guidelines at
http://topicpages.ploscompbiol.org/wiki/Topic_Pages or http://www.ploscompbiol.org/attachments/topicpages.pdf
• Visit Andreas or I at the PLoS booth during ISMB – Andreas: Tuesday 1-1:15 – Spencer: Monday 2-2:15
• Poster #16 • Read the editorial:
– Wodak SJ, Mietchen D, Collings AM, Russell RB, Bourne PE (2012) Topic Pages: PLoS Computational Biology Meets Wikipedia. PLoS Comput Biol 8(3): e1002446
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Coverage of Science Articles
WikiProject Number of Articles Science 1,629 Biology 1,797 Physics 16,371 Chemistry 6,202 Computer Science 3,811 Molecular & Cellular Biology 21,834 Computational Biology 1,104
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