Agreed, we shouldn’t duplicate anything that Wikipedia already does.
However, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of general information and, explicitly, doesn’t want the role I am advocating here. While users try to expand the role of Wikipedia, the mediators want a narrower role for Wikipedia and would probably appreciate a complementary site for the purpose of analyzing information.
Wikipedia:
Articles may not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position not clearly advanced by the sources. from here
I would be open to petitioning for some kind of “WikiAnalysis” sister site, but that would do little for R-outreach (Is R-outreach something we are interested in?) and we’d be able to do it better.
It takes a lot of work (full article, with a developed story) and time (1-6 months for science peer review) to publish; it doesn’t come close to taking advantage of the efficiencies of networked community thought.
Agreed, we shouldn’t duplicate anything that Wikipedia already does.
However, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of general information and, explicitly, doesn’t want the role I am advocating here. While users try to expand the role of Wikipedia, the mediators want a narrower role for Wikipedia and would probably appreciate a complementary site for the purpose of analyzing information.
Wikipedia:
I would be open to petitioning for some kind of “WikiAnalysis” sister site, but that would do little for R-outreach (Is R-outreach something we are interested in?) and we’d be able to do it better.
Publish your original thought somewhere.
Get it referenced by “reputable sources”.
You may now republish it in Wikipedia!
It takes a lot of work (full article, with a developed story) and time (1-6 months for science peer review) to publish; it doesn’t come close to taking advantage of the efficiencies of networked community thought.
3a. Although if you do so, there is some risk that other Wikipedia editors will take exception and complain of conflict of interest.