User:Daniel Mietchen/Talks/Wiki Academy Kosovo 2013/Motivation

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Why Wikipedia is important 2012 Nobel laureates love Wikipedia! Harry Kroto (1996) too. WIkipedia contributions have started to be recognized as valuable for tenure. Try typing the following scientific terms into Google: Term Google.com rank Entomology 1 Solanaceae 1 Solanum 1 Botany 1 Cloning 1 Taxonomy 1 Chemical ecology 1 Nicotiana attenuata 1 Manduca sexta 1 Spodoptera littoralis 1 Carphoborus cholodkovskyi 2 Pteridium aquilinum 1 Jasmonates 1 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 5 Magnetic resonance imaging 1 Heterosis 1 Genome Wide Association 1 Solanum tuberosum 1 Svalbard Global Seed Vault 1 Potato leafroll virus 1 Spider mite 1 DNA 1 Electron Microscopy 1 Solanum fortunense 1 Anyone in the world interested in science will be guided to Wikipedia first, except for some specialist topics. Therefore as scientists we have a responsibility to make sure Wikipedia is: 1) Scientifically accurate 2) Up to date It is the greatest ever opportunity for public engagement! We now have one place where we can be sure the whole world will read about a science topic... and we can edit it! If you are ever asked in a grant how you engage with the public, this is the perfect way to do it.