<div><span style>*** Apologies for cross-postings ***</span></div><span style><div><span style><br></span></div>CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge.</span><br style><span style>June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany</span><br style>
<br style><span style>*** EXTENDED submission deadline: 15 Apr 2012 ***</span><br style><br style><span style>Conference Website: </span><a href="http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank" style>http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page</a><br style>
<span style>Submit your papers here: </span><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012" target="_blank" style>https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012</a><br style><br style><span style>The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a</span><br style>
<span style>platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to</span><br style><span style>connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in</span><br style><span style>particular and on free knowledge in general.</span><br style>
<br style><span style>The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.</span><br style><span style>in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for</span><br style><span style>Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will</span><br style>
<span style>take place in Berlin, 29 June to 1 July 2012. The event will be open</span><br style><span style>to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats</span><br style><span style>ranging from workshops, panel discussions and tracks with traditional</span><br style>
<span style>paper and poster presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks,</span><br style><span style>speed geeking and a free culture brunch. We particularly invite young</span><br style><span style>doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit</span><br style>
<span style>extended abstracts.</span><br style><br style><span style>For research paper and poster sessions, we would like to encourage the</span><br style><span style>submission of extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall</span><br style>
<span style>nexus of Wikipedia and free knowledge.</span><br style><br style><span style>== Dates ==</span><br style><br style><span style>* Submission of extended abstracts: 15 April 2012</span><br style><span style>* Notification of acceptance: 1 May 2012</span><br style>
<span style>* Submission of full papers: 1 June 2012</span><br style><span style>* Event: 29 June - 1 July 2012</span><br style><br style><span style>== Topics of interest ==</span><br style><br style><span style>Submissions are invited for the categories following below.</span><br style>
<br style><a href="http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process" target="_blank" style>http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process</a><br style><br style><span style>=== Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia ===</span><br style>
<br style><span style>* Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia (e.g. gender gap)</span><br style><span style>* Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open</span><br style><span style>collaborative settings</span><br style>
<span style>* Using information visualization as information instrument to users</span><br style><span style>and contributors</span><br style><br style><span style>=== Wikipedia Global ===</span><br style><br style><span style>* Relations and Differences between national Wikipedias</span><br style>
<span style>* Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies</span><br style><span style>* Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons</span><br style><br style><span style>=== Sharing Cultures and Practices ===</span><br style>
<br style><span style>* Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based</span><br style><span style>peer production</span><br style><span style>* Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative</span><br style>
<span style>peer production</span><br style><span style>* Wiki theory and wiki practices</span><br style><br style><span style>=== Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge ===</span><br style><br style><span style>* Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access</span><br style>
<span style>to free knowledge</span><br style><span style>* Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination</span><br style><span style>in Wikipedia</span><br style><span style>* The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other</span><br style>
<span style>collaborative forms of knowledge production</span><br style><br style><span style>=== Wikipedia Analytics ===</span><br style><br style><span style>* Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool</span><br style><span style>* Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of "Big Data"</span><br style>
<span style>* Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles</span><br style><br style><span style>== Submission Guidelines ==</span><br style><br style><span style>Extended Abstracts must be submitted by the given deadline for peer</span><br style>
<span style>review. Conference language is English, exceptions can be made on a</span><br style><span style>case-by-case basis. Submission entails a commitment that at least one</span><br style><span style>author will attend the event in the case of acceptance and deliver a</span><br style>
<span style>full paper version prior to the event. Also, authors grant the</span><br style><span style>organizers the right to publish accepted papers in the form of online</span><br style><span style>proceedings or a similar format, to be determined at a later stage. In</span><br style>
<span style>addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a</span><br style><span style>Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license unless the authors</span><br style><span style>explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this</span><br style>
<span style>licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order</span><br style><span style>to promote open access to scholarly work although decisions to opt out</span><br style><span style>will be respected and will not influence the review process in any</span><br style>
<span style>way. In any case, authors of accepted submissions cannot opt out from</span><br style><span style>the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to</span><br style><span style>publish at least the extended abstract online.</span><br style>
<br style><span style>Please submit your extended abstract (about 2-3 pages) in PDF, Open</span><br style><span style>Document Format (ODF) or plain text format at:</span><br style><br style><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012" target="_blank" style>http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012</a><br style>
<br style><span style>Note: You will need an easychair account to submit. You can create one</span><br style><span style>on the spot if you do not have one yet.</span><br style><br style><br style><span style>In case of further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via</span><br style>
<a href="mailto:academy-oc@wikimedia.de" style>academy-oc@wikimedia.de</a><span style>.</span><br style><br style><span style>Best regards,</span><br style><span style>Angelika Adam</span> <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>
Angelika Adam<br>
Projektmanagerin<br>
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Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.<br>
Eisenacher Straße 2<br>
10777 Berlin<br>
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Tel.: +49 30 219158260<br>
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