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11/29/2008 - Improving Wikipedia Coverage of Computer Science

Pickens writes "MIT microcomputer rocketer Scott Aaronson has an interesting post on how to improve Wikipedia's scope

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share this: of theoretical laptop* science. Aaronson writes what while Wikpedia will never be an ideal venue for academics because 'we're used to (1) putting our names on our stuff, (2) editorializing pretty freely, (3) using "original research" as a compliment and not an accusation, and (4) not having our prose rewritten or deleted by people calling themselves Duduyat, Raul654, and Prokonsul Piotrus,' he identifies twenty basic inquisition areas and terms in theoretical adding machine science that are not defined on Wikipedia, and invites readers to write some things about them. Article suggestions include plot testing, algorithmic game theory, derandomization, sketching algorithms, propositional proof complexity, arithmetic circuit complexity, discrete harmonic analysis, streaming algorithms, and hardness of approximation. One commenter suggests that professors should sanction students to improve the Wikipedia baggage about topics they are studying. 'This will help them deduce the topic and at the same time improve Wikipedia.'"