Are we giving credit where credit is due?
Stuart Yeates
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There are a ton of great looking people in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Zealand_scientists almost none of whom seem to get talked about. Should we be talking more about our great scientists (living and dead)? Which ones?
Tim McNamara Thu 15 May 2014 2:28AM
@pierreroudier, @stuartyeates, @kimberleycollins..
I know this is a bit weak, but something doesn't feel right about Twitter. I would like each post to stand alone in a sense. Also, I dislike platforms that require you to sign up in order for you to feel part of the discussion.
Don't have a strong opinion really though.
Stuart Yeates Thu 15 May 2014 2:33AM
"Also, I dislike platforms that require you to sign up in order for you to feel part of the discussion." you mean like loomio.org?
Tim McNamara Thu 15 May 2014 3:59AM
Loomio requires contributors to create an account.
For consuming content, I don't think you should feel obligated to sign in.
Tim McNamara Thu 15 May 2014 9:17AM
@kimberleycollins do you think it would be possible to create a "People" subject within scienceclub.co.nz?
Tim McNamara Fri 23 May 2014 12:26AM
@stuartyeates what else apart from the platform needs to be worked out?
@kimberleycollins do you have any time to expand your views on what would be more suitable?
Stuart Yeates Fri 23 May 2014 12:42AM
to be worked out:
(a) someone really familiar with the platform needs to create some exemplar posts we can use as house style
(b) find a good handle that reflects what it is we're trying to achieve
(c) work out rough posting rate
(d) work out any quotas (>40% women? >15% maori and pacifica? >50% still alive?)
(e) get familiar with the tool we're using for creating and proofing the posts
(f) build a backlog
Kimberley Collins Fri 23 May 2014 1:24AM
I am happy to create a people blog entirely on Science Club. That could be categorised by anything from gender, field, etc. Here's a really basic mock-up. It's a very easy service to use - all I need to do is send an invite.
Stuart Yeates Fri 23 May 2014 2:21AM
The mock-up looks good, @kimberleycollins !
Bear in mind that we don't have images for most researchers. We maybe need a link "For their full biography, see their wikipedia article..." or something.
Categorisation by gender is hard. Consider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuimaono_Karl_Pulotu-Endemann
Categorisation by field is easier, there are things like http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/Latestproducts/4AE1B46AE2048A28CA25741800044242?opendocument which are what PBRF and etc are based on.
Would a couple of us get logins to the blog to create / proof blogs?
Kimberley Collins Fri 23 May 2014 3:10AM
If you don't have a photo of them, you can include a photo of something they study...
If you want me to add you as admins, i just need an email address.
Let's just get things started and see how we can start categorising from there, eh?
Tim McNamara · Thu 15 May 2014 2:12AM
@kimberleycollins What's your preferred channel/medium?