Re: Quality of the Semantic-Web-related Wikipedia articles

I'm doing my best to set up a Task force under the WikiProject:Internet
here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Internet/Semantic_Web_task_force

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Internet/Semantic_Web_task_force>If
it gets moved or changed around, hopefully that page will redirect to the
new ___location.

There is little information there at the moment so feel free to take charge
and add something!

AK

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Alex Kozak <akozak@creativecommons.org>wrote:

> I've begun looking into starting a WikiProject to improve the quality of
> those articles. This should provide the effort some place to document the
> current status of articles and to suggest new articles and improvements.
>
> I will post more details if I'm successful in getting it started so that
> others can get involved. If anyone can help get it going, please let me
> know.
>
> --
> Alex Kozak
> Program Assistant
> Creative Commons
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Antoine Zimmermann <
> antoine.zimmermann@deri.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear SemWebbers,
>>
>>
>> I'm rising an issue that was pointed out by my colleagues Aidan Hogan
>> recently.  It seems that most of the Wikipedia articles about
>> Semantic-Web-related topics are of questionable quality.  The article on the
>> Semantic Web [1] itself is relatively poor considering the importance of the
>> topic.  A lot of other pages would need important editing and restructuring.
>>
>> The people who have the knowledge and skills to do so are arguing that
>> they don't have time to do that, and I truly understand this.  I myself am
>> reluctant to work on this, since it's a pretty hard task which is not as
>> rewarding as a journal publication or a successful project proposal.
>>  Unfortunately, it decreases our credibility since for most potential users,
>> Wikipedia is the first place they go to find information on the subject.
>>
>> How can we improve the situation and still feel like we are not wasting
>> time?
>>
>>
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Antoine Zimmermann
>> Post-doctoral researcher at:
>> Digital Enterprise Research Institute
>> National University of Ireland, Galway
>> IDA Business Park
>> Lower Dangan
>> Galway, Ireland
>> antoine.zimmermann@deri.org
>> http://vmgal34.deri.ie/~antzim/
>>
>>


-- 
Alex Kozak
Program Assistant
Creative Commons