[open-science] Publishing curated email lists

Thu Jun 16 16:08:42 UTC 2016

I haven't been keeping my eyes very open, but I don't recall anything very
much recently. The problem with email - unlike twitter is that it probably
takes longer and it also may not be clear (a) at the start whether it will
be exciting and (b) when it has substantially ended. That's why analysis of
a workshop/meeting is easier.
If you go back in time then you risk being irrelevant, even if you aren't.
It may be interesting for historians of the subject or for collecting loose
threads an tying them up.

I really like the idea of structured commentaries but I suspect it's a
substantial commitment.

P.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:47 PM, The Winnower <jnicholson at thewinnower.com>
wrote:

> Was hoping to start manually.  Maybe members of this listserv know of a
> thread that curating would be worthwhile.  Having just joined the list, I
> am not the one to say (yet).  I like to start things very basically so at
> this point think everything should be done manually.  In the future, I have
> ideas on how this could be automated somewhat.
>
> Is there a thread that you find particularly informative?
>
> best
> Josh
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Josh Nicholson <
>>> jnicholson at thewinnower.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to reach out to this group about a potential idea that I had
>>>> regarding publishing emails—yes, emails.  Recently, I have received a
>>>> barrage of emails on another listserv (OSI) and while they are somewhat
>>>> annoying in the sense they clog my inbox, they are highly valuable in terms
>>>> of content.  In short, I am interested in seeing if members of this
>>>> listserv may wish to have their public emails curated and published on the
>>>> Winnower in more readable publication-like format—a storify of emails, if
>>>> you will.
>>>>
>>>> We’ve done something like this in the past with a panel talk
>>>> https://thewinnower.com/papers/1468-when-publishers-aren-t-getting-it-done and
>>>> I think we could do something like this going forward.
>>>>
>>>> It’s just an idea at this point but if people are interested I can go
>>>> ahead and curate any threads they think may be interesting to show you how
>>>> it would look.  I am open to other ideas/suggestions too!
>>>>
>>>> Would love to know your thoughts!
>>>>
>>>>
>> Josh,
>>
>> I am sure this would be useful but it will depend on finding the "right"
>> email threads. I would expect that a lot of work will have been done in
>> this - although I don't know details. How are you going to find the right
>> threads? and it will depnd very much on the discipline of the posters -
>> many include huge previous trails of replies to replies whereas some
>> (including me) try to excise these.
>>
>> Are you expecting this to be done by humans? or machines? or both.
>> Machine analysis detecting the sentiment of the replies and summarising
>> them will be hard... Not impossible, but not easy.
>>
>>  P.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Murray-Rust
>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>> University of Cambridge
>> CB2 1EW, UK
>> +44-1223-763069
>>
>
>

-- 
Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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