… at least to me. I use it to comment on issues related to Wikipedia. To me, WP is not solely a free encyclopedia. It’s also a popular movement. I belong to this movement. Others don’t. More than to tell anyone what to think about Wikipedia, I take interest in investigating people’s views. So far have is conducted two studies on how Wikipedia is received at school, by the pupils and by their teachers. The principal of both studies was The Stockholm County Library.
The recent study (April, 2009) is titled Wikipedia – älskat eller avskytt? In English, that would pretty much be translated to Wikipedia – a story of love or hate? The basis for this study are questionnaire-answers from 266 teachers working at upper secondary schools in the greater Stockholm area.
The initial study Wikipedias fel och brister – en angelägenhet för biblioteken? (2008) is in its full length available only in Swedish, though a short English version can be found on this blog. In July 2008, I had the privilege of presenting the results at Wikimania – the annual Wikimedia world conference.
