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710:(from that site's papers/submit page -- it is now on our external links blacklist) . They ought to, first, use instead their relevant work that has actually been published in a peer-reviewed journal,but suggest the reference on the talk page & ask it be exempted from the blacklist, (they might also include the history & Policy link if it closely corresponds to their paper, & is the most accessible source) and see if someone else moves it to the article. Of course, some may be experts to the unusual extent that even their unrefereed work is a reliable source, but then all the more it should be suggested only on the talk page. 437: 245: 319: 548: 117: 107: 33: 127: 87: 137: 97: 176:, responding to an editorial that had called "academics serious about public erudition" to contribute their expertise to Knowledge (see below), three UK professors from "an independent network of nearly 300 historians" wrote that they had "discussed the pros and cons" of doing so, and "decided to insert links in the references of Knowledge entries" to their own website, 484:, which together with the WMF will award prizes in September, to submissions that consist of new or improved articles in any language version of Knowledge, with the condition that they must contain a blue link to the article about the Derby Museum and Art Gallery in that language, and that articles in at least two different languages must be submitted. 199:"how they had recently enlisted a student, Danielle Elder, to evangelize the content of their Digital Library on Knowledge, the eighth most popular website in the world ... Knowledge quickly became the No. 1 driver of web traffic to Houston's online collections, surpassing both Google and the university's home page." For example, the student 90: 241:) found that the donated photos had been viewed two million times within five months, more than 500 times as often as on the original site. In January 2011, 52% of the uploaded images were in use on Knowledge, a ratio that the authors compare favorably to the images uploaded by Deutsche Fotothek (3.42%) or Tropenmuseum (7.40%). 218:
But if the goal is to increase overall exposure of the content in an institution's collection rather than traffic on its own website, uploading it to Wikimedia sites might be even more effective than inserting a link there. Last September, the Dutch National Archives and Spaarnestad Photo had donated
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As Knowledge tries to encourage contributions by academic experts and seeks collaborations with academic and cultural institutions, two examples reported last week illustrated that one of the most popular forms of such contributions seems to be enriching Knowledge or Commons with links to one's own
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If people have been entering references to their own work on the History & Policy site, they are doing so against our conflict of interest and reliable source policies, as the papers there are not peer-reviewed, though they must be " based on peer-reviewed or published historical research"
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the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2011 on the iPad, comparing it to Knowledge several times (example: "A Knowledge junkie, I found the entries a bit too brief; they often present a very basic overview of a topic. There also aren't any listed sources, something I've grown accustomed to using
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The worst part of this problem, believe it or not, has already been handled successfully with the "no follow" tag implicitly added to all external links. That deterred the professional spammers. As for the rest -- well, our only tools remain education, reverting undesirable edits, & user
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to be created. Although started in 2002, along with Wikipedias in Assamese, Punjabi, Nepali, Oriya and Malayalam, prior to even the Hindi Knowledge in July 2003, the Odia Knowledge never actually grew, with to date, only 700 articles. The revival of Odia Knowledge is led by Indian Wikipedian
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Yes I have been seeing more an more of this. People from other sites not here to improve Knowledge content but only to add links to their own sites. Something may need to be done to prevent this...
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about "The Hacker ethic and the Christian vision", which gained the attention of several English-language media noting its defense of the former, and its praise for Knowledge. As
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Links to databases maintained by GLAMs or academic institutions can carry additional value for Knowledge as
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more than 1000 images depicting significant events and people in Dutch politics, mostly since World War II (
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the "jesuit 2.0" about the relationship between catholicism and Knowledge, and Internet culture in general.
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Photo of a train model, taken during the "backstage pass" event at the industrial museum of Derby
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the idea that "Knowledge has emerged as potentially the best platform for fulfilling
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on the rear cover page of the national newspaper, gained lots of attention.
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has 47,000 articles. I wonder how it compares to th Britannica Concise.
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showing Bush shaking hands with former University of Houston chancellor
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What if experts just want to get their links into Knowledge?; brief news
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institutions in the British city. They also included the launch of a "
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Experts and GLAMs – contributing content or "just" links to Knowledge?
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between Knowledge articles and a genetic database from the US
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Derby's Silk Mill gets visit from Knowledge volunteers
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