Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science/Interim report

This project ran from July 2011 till July 2013. Its activities are being continued under the umbrella of WikiProject Open Access.

The project has three goals:

improving the coverage of topics related to Open science (and Open Access in particular) on Wikimedia projects
facilitating their reuse of suitably licensed scholarly materials - an ongoing media donation project
development of policies regarding open access and open data pertaining to research about Wikimedia projects

Little interest from the community so far, but will keep trying.

Expanded the Catalogue of OA-related topics for which it would be desirable to have an article on the English Wikipedia
Tracking work on articles within that scope across languages

Signaling of OA-ness of references used in Wikipedia Signpost
Gathering of usage stats of files from OA sources
Uploading OA files for use on articles that lack suitable illustrations
Wikipedia Cite-o-Meter
Collaboration with academic journals on getting peer-reviewed materials onto Wikipedia, including some articles specifically designed for that purpose
Co-wrote an article on how the non-commercial clause in CC licenses impedes the dissemination of scientific information, taking biodiversity as an example. In most cases, dropping the -NC clause would mean that the materials become eligible for reuse on Wikimedia projects. WebMed Central reacted by dropping the -NC and switching to CC BY.
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