Wikipedia. For academics you either love it or you hate it. One of the people on Twitter that I follow alerted me to
a blog post by Frederic Lardinois on
ReadWriteWeb that describes a first for a refereed academic journal. The scientific journal,
RNA Biology, will now require all authors that submit a paper for review to the journal to also submit a summary of the article to Wikipedia. The Wikipedia summary is reviewed as part of the submission; however, once the paper is accepted for publication and the Wikipedia page is posted, anyone in the world can edit the contents of the Wikipedia entry.
I love it! RNA Biology is now feeding original cutting edge research into Wikipedia. That is primary source material – not simply secondary source material. I just love it. How do you feel about it? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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