CCL: CCL and Google Base or Wikipedia, or web-based journals

 Sent to CCL by: "Jim Kress" [ccl_nospam-,-kressworks.com]
 > While many of the research articles are funded by government
 > (= public money), but they can only be accessed by
 = money of individual citizens taken by government force depriving them of
 the ability to meet their own needs.
 HOWEVER, using Wikipedia as a publishing resource for technical journals
 might be an interesting idea.  It would provide a common point of access, a
 mechanism for controlled annotation and review with proper attribution to
 the reviewer(s) and annotator(s).  It could also provide a discussion board
 for comments and observations.
 Jim
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Yao-Ying Chien chieny[]msu.edu [mailto:owner-chemistry]-[ccl.net]
 > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:37 AM
 > To: Kress, Jim
 > Subject: CCL: CCL and Google Base or Wikipedia, or web-based journals
 >
 > Sent to CCL by: Yao-Ying Chien [chieny%msu.edu] Ivan
 > Tubert-Brohman ivan.tubert-brohman{}yale.edu said the following on
 > 2005/11/22  08:48p:
 >
 > >Sent to CCL by: Ivan Tubert-Brohman
 > [ivan.tubert-brohman:yale.edu] Bill
 > >Ross ross^-^cgl.ucsf.edu wrote:
 > >
 > >
 > >>Sent to CCL by: Bill Ross [ross|a|cgl.ucsf.edu] I would be very
 > >>hesitant to cite wikipedia because it will change -
 > hopefully for the
 > >>better - so that in some number of years the citation may not make
 > >>much sense.
 > >>
 > >>
 > >
 > >That's a non-issue. You can always cite the specific version of the
 > >page you are seeing right now, same as any older revision,
 > because all
 > >the revisions are archived. This actually makes it more citable than
 > >most other websites!
 > >
 > >
 > This is becoming interesting. I have been wondering:
 > 1. to publish, we need to pay
 > 2. to read literatures, we need to pay.
 >
 > While many of the research articles are funded by government
 > (= public money), but they can only be accessed by
 > subscribers. I heard from a mathematician that they publish
 > their papers on web-based journals for free with peers
 > review.  The readers can add comments on the web-based
 > journals, since many eyes are better than 3 pairs. Many of
 > the Fields Award receivers support the journals. I am
 > interested in hearing discussions in this. For example, is
 > similar trend appearing in computational chemistry? All
 > aspects are appreciated.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Yao
 >
 >
 >
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