poll - publishing the forum

fearn · 12th June 2006, 05:11 PM

My 2 cents:

I would like to see the proceedings of the Timonium seminars somewhere (since I haven't gotten to one yet), and I would like to be able to read articles that are generated from threads here (for obvious reasons). Beyond that, I don't see a need to publish. Basically, the forum is already a) public, b) searchable, and c) of mixed quality.

This last is not a jab at the real experts here (and I'm not counting myself). It's simply that there are many wrong guesses, disagreements, and outright puzzlement in this forum. We're still learning, after all. While I suspect that this forum would be a great case study in how a group of people collectively answer puzzles, I think that uncritical publication of various threads would provide more confusion than information.

One other question: would the publications be open and free (as the articles are currently), or would there be a charge (As for scientific journal articles)?

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View Poll Results: Do you think we need our own www pubilication?
Yes, only to publish proceeding of Baltimore conference.	3	21.43%
Yes, to publish review articles based on threads and proceedings.	6	42.86%
Yes, but only to display selected past threads with non-relevant information purged out	1	7.14%
Yes, but not only 1 and 2, but also submitted articles	5	35.71%
No, we do not need any extras	1	7.14%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

12th June 2006, 05:11 PM	#7
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	My 2 cents: I would like to see the proceedings of the Timonium seminars somewhere (since I haven't gotten to one yet), and I would like to be able to read articles that are generated from threads here (for obvious reasons). Beyond that, I don't see a need to publish. Basically, the forum is already a) public, b) searchable, and c) of mixed quality. This last is not a jab at the real experts here (and I'm not counting myself). It's simply that there are many wrong guesses, disagreements, and outright puzzlement in this forum. We're still learning, after all. While I suspect that this forum would be a great case study in how a group of people collectively answer puzzles, I think that uncritical publication of various threads would provide more confusion than information. One other question: would the publications be open and free (as the articles are currently), or would there be a charge (As for scientific journal articles)? F