Comments on: Year of Science initiative focuses on science communication, literacy https://wikiedu.org/blog/2015/07/24/year-of-science-focus/ Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Eryk Salvaggio https://wikiedu.org/blog/2015/07/24/year-of-science-focus/#comment-84230 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:16:27 +0000 http://wikiedu.org/?p=5929#comment-84230 In reply to Alex Stinson.

Thanks for your feedback, Alex.

The Year of Science isn’t only about improving hard science-related articles. We’re hoping to deepen public understanding of science in its social and historical contexts as well. A good case in point is our focus on biographies of women scientists.

We’re working with academic associations within a broad range of sciences, including social sciences. But we’re working through the humanities and other fields, too. With the help of participating academic associations, we’ll target narrower fields with room to get better. Those organizations will help us reach individual classrooms to focus on content that could be improved, or topics that lack articles altogether.

A look at our recent conversations with academic associations (http://wikiedu.org/blog/2015/07/15/june-partnerships/) is a good way to see the broad range of interest in the Year of Science. We’re engaging associations that focus on biology and plant life, but also history, linguistics, and sociology. We’ve heard positive feedback from these organizations, and we’re working with them to identify ways for everyone to make meaningful impacts on Wikipedia’s science coverage.

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By: Alex Stinson https://wikiedu.org/blog/2015/07/24/year-of-science-focus/#comment-83497 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:33:37 +0000 http://wikiedu.org/?p=5929#comment-83497 I am mildly dissapointed in this topical focus, in that its the one that everyone agrees Wikipedia covers fairly well (and our typical demographic has expertise in). The humanities, social sciences, arts, or a more narrow “environmental and ecological sciences” would have much greater impact in filling gaps (and would likely recruit more women and minorities).

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