AcaWiki:News Archive

News: AcaWiki at 6 years non-summary, #freebassel
Rambling thoughts on AcaWiki at 6 years old posted at the end of Open Access Week 2015. Happy OAWeek!

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News: AcaWiki software upgrade
As of 2014-09-26 acawiki.org is upgraded to MediaWiki 1.23. Contact us if you note any problems.

News: AcaWiki server migration
As of 2013-08-05 acawiki.org is running on a new server. Contact us if you note any problems.

News: Wikimedia France Research Award
One of the finalists for the Wikimedia France Research Award has a featured AcaWiki summary: Studying cooperation and conflict between authors with history flow visualizations, re-used on the awards page. Read, vote, and help summarize the others also!

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. [mailto:admin@acawiki.org| Send us your ideas for AcaWiki.]

News: Got Math?
Write $ e^{i\pi}+1=0$ or any other formula on AcaWiki with the tag. Use LaTeX formatting or see the manual for full details. Thanks to Yossi Farjoun for suggesting we add this great MediaWiki plugin! [mailto:admin@acawiki.org| 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 [mailto:admin@acawiki.org| 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? [mailto:admin@acawiki.org| 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? [mailto:admin@acawiki.org 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!