[okfn-discuss] open data, open science entries on wikipedia

Wed Oct 9 21:39:32 UTC 2013

I would like to propose the following.

Find a site that is owned by okfn or some other open knowledge organization. Copy the relevant wikipedia pages onto a page hosted by okfn. Make all the edits, revisions, changes, etc, on that page, the one hosted by okfn (or whoever). Then, when that version is final, sign it with the names of the people who made the changes. Next, make that page available to the public. That way, this page has credibility, because there are real names of real people, willing to show their names. Also, you don't have to worry about other people making random changes, so you don't have to monitor the page to revert changes you don't like.

Take that revised version, that is permanent and signed, and make the same changes to the wikipedia page, and, if possible, indicate on the wikipedia page where the permanent version is. That way, people can use the wikipedia page to get to the more credible, permanent page, that is hopefully also sponsored by the hosting organization.

The advantage of this approach is that you have a permanent page that is not subject to random changes by anyone and everyone. In addition, it also shows credibility, because you have people signing it with their real names.

I hope folks will consider this approach.

Gene
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