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I am a student doing research on the topics of Open Science, Open Access, Open Research, Science 2.0, Citizen Science, Amateur Science, Peer-2-Peer Science and Networked Science. The definitions among them vary and overlap sometimes as they are not clearly defined.
Networked Science is more keen to Science 2.0 which is the idea of using Web 2.0 technologies for a more open and collaborative way of doing and sharing science. Networked Science is a term and concept developed mi Michael Nielson in his book (2012) "Reinventing discovery: the new era of networked science". There he points to examples of networked science such as arXiv which is an open access repository of scientific papers, many of them pre-published, and he also notes the example of Galaxy Zoo. Galaxy Zoo is citizen science but arXiv is not. So I suggest that these two be separate.
Also, a useful categorization and understanding of citizen science:
From Alessandro Delfanti (2010) "Users and peers. From Citizen Science to P2P Science" Journal of Science Communication, 9(01).
There are three types of peer-2-peer (P2P) science
Sabgaby (talk) 21:23, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,
I would like to suggest to edit the page to:
"Some programs provide materials specifically for use by primary or secondary school students. As such, citizen science is one approach to [both, formal and] informal science education.
Note that it is contradictory to state citizen science is an approach to informal science education, right after stating that some programs provide materials specifically for use by primary or secondary school students.
Unless what one really wanted to say is that citizen science is informal science. But that isn't the case either because there are high qualified scientists behind data gathering and analysis across the world.
My suggestion is to highlight that citizen science encompasses both dimensions, formal and informal in both domains, science and science education.
I hope this is a useful contribution.
It is after all, a nice article with great external references.
Fsoares67 (talk) 17:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have citable sources for these thoughts? Wikipedia cannot use "original research", no matter how valid it might be. --Orlady (talk) 18:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you mean a source for considering school education formal education? That's as commonsense as it is considering informal education what doesn't go on in schools. In regards to high qualified scientists, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology cited in the article is a good example, but I would like also to suggest WorldBirds plus the plethora of research studies supported by EarthWatch.
There is no source to state citizen science is an approach to informal science education either in the article. Please, clarify what conjecture source you refer too.
Please, clarify —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fsoares67 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me I'm new to Wikipedia. I'm going to organize my sources and come back. I am affectionate to citizen science and that is actually the research topic of my dissertation. That's why I though I could contribute. Narrowing citizen science to an approach to informal science education is flat wrong, though. I have a short review of projects aimed to K-12 education. It couldn't get more formal than that. Posting sources as soon as possible. Fsoares67 19:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Thus far I was unable to contact the author, and I suspect the review has not been published. Nevertheless, I strongly suggest to not limit the concept of Citizen Science to informal science education. It is also a pedagocial approach to increase scientific literacy among students, thus playing an important role in formal science education.-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fsoares67 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Would citizen science be a kind of crowd-sourcing? That's what I would call it from other examples, e.g. publish photos of something and have people look at them and log the details. —Monado (talk) 04:34, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
New book, may be useful for expanding/referencing this article: Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by Michael Nielsen. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 06:34, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Professional vs. amateur science into the 19th century is more complex than "amateur"/"self-funded." Newton was a Fellow of Cambridge at age 25, and Lucasian Chair at age 27. Franklin was the 1st president of the American Philosophical Society, and a founder of the University of Pennsylvania. The professionalization of science is an interesting topic in its own right, which has a lot to do with industrialization, invention and shifting roles of academic engineering in invention, adaptation of the German Model in US academia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University#Modern_universities), the impact of WW I on supplies of high tech commodities (Germany, generally), and later, WW-II on research funding, followed by Vannevar Bush's "Endless Frontier," and support for relatively expensive research projects via a granting process that strictly enforces applicant's professionalism in order to guarantee returns on the investment (mandates on publishing - publish-or-perish). It should be noted that a number of calls for proposals by granting agencies include requests that planning include public outreach and participation. Two books that explore these questions are http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Physical_Chemistry_from_Ostwald_to_Pauli.html?id=1UZjU2WfLAoC and http://books.google.com/books/about/American_genesis.html?id=5cnuAAAAMAAJ . DanP4522874 (talk) 16:38, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to see some more discussion about criticism and limitations of Citizen science. Issues such as data quality, bias, limitations of untrained volunteers, and release of sensitive information (e.g. locations of endangered species) are certainly relevant and should be expanded upon. --Animalparty-- (talk) 01:40, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It appears to me that this article has grown over time thanks to the help of multiple contributors. However, it looks like it could use a bit of a reorganization. The current structuring as I see it is:
Activities, consisting first of a list of numerous examples and then a general discussion of the nature of citizen science
New Technologies, consisting of a list of examples enabled by mobile phones, an example of live video, a list of examples of internet enabled examples, and a debate on whether distributed computing is citizen science.
Amateur Astronomy
Citizens in space, an opportunity for folks to train as astronauts for the future
History, consisting of a discussion of the transition of science from amateur to professionals, and a discussion of the history of the term Citizen Science
Other Definitions (of the term)
Limitations
Conferences
I would propose the following restructuring of this article:
Definition, including the general discussion from Activities, the history of the term, the alternate definitions, and the discussion/comparison with distributed computing, and the limitations discussion.
History, including the transition of science from amateurs, progressing through low-tech older examples (astronomy being featured prominently including recent events), and then moving into video, internet, and phone enabling (with examples and dates added) and citizens in space as a possible near-term future example depending upon citizen spaceflight capabilities.
The examples would all be checked to make sure they are on List of citizen science projects, and then moderately trimmed to those of note either for total participation or historical significance (among the first to do a given approach or technology). Beyond that, the rest of the content of this page would remain, just be organized for a better flow.
I would welcome input on this suggestion here on this talk page. 1bandsaw (talk) 20:27, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The reorg is done. I've left some of the pruned examples for now on talk:List of citizen science projects until I figure out how to put entries into a table like the one on that page. The other outstanding action on this is the pruning of the external links as recommended above. I don't have to be the one to do either, others can feel free to volunteer.1bandsaw (talk) 03:10, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've been doing a lot of updating and editing, post the ZooCon Portsmouth 2014 Wikithon. I hope this is OK with everyone. The refs needed sorting, and I've endeavoured to replace blog refs with 'proper refs'. It still needs quite a lot of work though I feel. Richard Nowell (talk) 08:43, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A 'Very Long' tag was added on the 30th July. It is not immediately clear to me how the article can be shortened; indeed I have a wealth of material to add. Small scale, there might be a lot of duplication of links etc. that can be fixed. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:12, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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The statement "Members may lie about data. This risk is even greater when bounties are awarded as an incentive to participate." can nowhere be found in the reference (Thelen, Brett Amy; Thiet, Rachel K. (2008). "Cultivating connection: Incorporating meaningful citizen science into Cape Cod National Seashore's estuarine research and monitoring programs". Park Science. 25 (1). CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.656. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2012.). This error taken over in other language version of this article, e.g. the German one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.156.75.210 (talk) 10:46, 22 December 2019 (UTC) --87.156.75.210 (talk) 10:48, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I noticed that the "Around the World" section lists regions like Asia, Africa, and Latin America. I think titling this section "Around the World" and then listing such countries that are not North American or European centers the subject of citizen science in the North American and European sector. Judging from the information provided in this article, citizen science seems to be an international practice that is not exclusive to nor originated in North America or Europe. Perhaps "Global Practices" or "Worldwide" would be less biased language? Jpuvogel (talk) 22:41, 11 October 2020 (UTC)jpuvogel October 11 2020.[reply]
I see that this article often lists the authors of the publications which is very much "academic literature review" style but not encyclopedic style. I plan to change that, unless anyone objects? This kind of writing often happens as a result of student assignments, in my experience. EMsmile (talk) 12:44, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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I would like to add a relavant citation to this section on fishes:
The CARES preservation program contains over 500 species of freshwater fish, including 85 species which are currently undescribed by scientists and 30 species thought to be extinct in the wild.Due to their considerable knowledge, these citizen scientists have their own risk classification, with many differing from the IUCN's risk classification, including a third of extinct-in-the-wild CARES species which were classified as least concern by the IUCN.
The reference is https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes4040049
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I see that Wikipedia has a flag for the lead section. I did research from the sources there and found updated sources in an effort to improve the lead section. I am making edits to more comprehensively define what citizen science is, how it is used, how it has developed with technology, and overall address more of the points discussed later in the article in the lead Researcher112233 (talk) 16:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Some information will also be added to the History section to add in more context and acknowledge difference in perspectives of when CS began. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Researcher112233 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Please use the links provided to sort out the two images you have attempted to place into this article. There shouldn't be any bold text (no-one else uses it) and consider uploading the images to Wiki Commons. In fact, please consider not using them at all as they add very little. WP:ILTA and WP:EIS.Richard Nowell (talk) 08:25, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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