STOP SOPA ☣ STOP RWA
Two bills are making their way through the U.S. Congress that would have highly negative consequences for AcaWiki and the public good. Please take action against both.
Many large sites are blacked out January 18 to spur action against SOPA. Visit americancensorship.org to take action against this bill, which is a censorship and security risk for the entire internet. Wikimedia's General Counsel explains how SOPA would hurt wikis.
RWA would prohibit federal agencies from conditioning their grants to require that articles reporting on publicly funded research be made accessible to the public online. This is unjust and would specifically harm AcaWiki by greatly reducing the number of people with access to important literature — access is required to summarize. Please tell congresspeople to oppose RWA.
See AcaWiki:SOPA-RWA for planning and discussion of this message.
AcaWiki:News Archive
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News: Seeking Top 100 PapersWe need your help to summarize the Top 100 Papers in 20 academic research domains. With your expertise, we will succeed by September 2011. |
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News: We're Wiki of the Month!
We've been named Wiki of the Month for July 2011 by the Semantic MediaWiki community!
News: Seeking Top 100 Papers
We need your help to summarize the Top 100 Papers in 20 academic research domains. With your expertise, we will succeed by September 2011.
News: Prelim readings
Are you a grad student studying for prelims? Send us your reading list! We have a list of prelims already on AcaWiki and a place to post and request literature reviews.
News: Research tidbits: 140 characters or less
Minify your research reading: AcaMako is posting research tidbits in 140 characters or less.
News: Ig Noble award papers announced
Need a break from your research? Why not summarize an Ig Noble award paper?
News: AcaWiki mentioned in InsideHigherEd
AcaWiki was mentioned in Inside Higher Ed this week, in Whither the Wikis?
News: Attending WikiSym & WikiMania
Several AcaWiki users are in Gdansk, Poland for the WikiSym and WikiMania conferences.
News: Add summaries with Zotero!
Now it's even easier to add summaries to AcaWiki, if you use Zotero. Check it out! Thanks to Benjamin Mako Hill for this great addition. Send us your ideas for AcaWiki.
News: Got Math?
Write eiπ + 1 = 0 or any other formula on AcaWiki with the <math> tag. Use LaTeX formatting or see the manual for full details. Thanks to Yossi Farjoun for suggesting we add this great MediaWiki plugin! Send us your ideas for AcaWiki.
News: Demography Summaries Donated!
Thanks to Matt Moehr of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we've added nearly 150 summaries in demography. Would you like to donate your Prelim Exam notes? Use the BibTeX import or drop us a line.
News: Updates to Post Summary and Userpages
We've made it even easier to post a summary and create your userpage. Got feedback on the changes? Let us know!
News: AcaWiki Official Beta In Progress!
Read the press release. Increase the impact of your research, or research in your field by posting a summary or literature review. Got any feedback? Send us an email, or report bugs. Want to participate? Dig in: edit or post summaries, join our listservs, or find us on IRC and social networks. We also got a nice write up on the Free Software Foundation's blog!
