Category talk:Science blogs

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This collection of links to pages was last modified on 19 January 2007. Even at that time, there were hundreds of popular science blogs: http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2006/08/science_blogging_what_it_can_b.php

What is needed is an individual page. As a science blogger, I don't think I can be the one making and editing such a page - an unbiased Wikipedia editor should start it.

This page needs to contain a number of sections, and here are some suggestions:

First, it needs a definition - what makes a blog a science blog? http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/02/what_is_a_science_blog.php

Perhaps there is a need to show examples of different kinds of science blogs: individuals, corporations, organizations, non-profits, advocacy groups, scientific journals, popular science magazines, newspapers, scientific projects, etc. all have examples of good science blogs they are running. For example, the article should mention Andrew Revkin and Olivia Judson as bloggers for New York Times. Various official editorial blogs at Nature, PLoS, etc. Prominent science journalist/writer's blogs. Blogs that are an actual part and parcel of a local science journalistic project (e.g., http://scienceinthetriangle.org/ ), etc.

Second, it needs to provide a brief history of science blogging - here are some good resources to dig through for this: http://www.falter.at/web/heureka/blog/?p=29

http://www.the-scientist.com/2007/4/1/21/2/

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WSN-4NMMB5G-3&_user=209690&_coverDate=05%2F04%2F2007&_rdoc=3&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%237051%232007%23998709996%23651333%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=7051&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=24&_acct=C000014438&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=209690&md5=d0c6248c14378d865e9eb55e46a28e6c

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7146/full/447779b.html

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/07/02/Jcom0702(2008)C01/Jcom0702(2008)C06

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090318/full/458274a.html

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0060240

http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/02/best-science-blogs.html

http://www.springerlink.com/content/4x5pm50v03628453/

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VJ1-4SWFGTS-2&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2008&_rdoc=2&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info%28%23toc%236081%232008%23999769991%23694097%23FLA%23display%23Volume%29&_cdi=6081&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=13&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=57efc180ecba288e1084af749338e77f

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/09/01/Jcom0901%282010%29A02

Third, it needs to mention and explain science-related blog carnivals (the list within may not be completely up-to-date): http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/07/blog_carnivals_what_is_in_it_f.php

Fourth, it needs to mention the biggest science blogging networks: http://scienceblogs.com/ http://www.scienceblogs.de/ http://www.scienceblogs.com.br/ http://network.nature.com/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ http://www.scientificblogging.com/ http://sciblogs.co.nz/ http://blogue.sciencepresse.qc.ca/ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog http://blogs.discovery.com/ http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/

Fifth, it needs to mention the popular science blog aggregators and collections: http://blogs.nature.com/ http://natureblognetwork.com/

Sixth, it needs to mention platforms that track blog coverage of science, e.g.,: http://www.postgenomic.com/ http://scintilla.nature.com/

Seventh, it needs to mention various blog awards with science sections...

Eighth, it needs to describe in detail what ResearchBlogging.org is and why it is regarded as a "stamp of approval" (so much that PLoS articles use it for tracking blog coverage, to issue bloggers press acreditations, and to give out monthly prizes for blog coverage): http://researchblogging.org/ http://researchblogging.org/news/ http://researchblogging.org/static/index/page/awards http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2009/12/researchbloggingorg_posts_now.php http://www.plos.org/journals/embargopolicy.php http://everyone.plos.org/category/blog-pick-of-the-month/

Ninth, it needs to mention annual science blogging conferences, now renamed ScienceOnline - the original in RTP in NC (07, 08, 09, 10), and the franchises in London (08, 09) and elsewhere - one planned for Belgrade, Serbia in 2011: http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/

Tenth, it needs to mention some examples of effective action as well as investigative reporting by science bloggers: http://scientificactivist.blogspot.com/2006/02/nasa-science-censor-resigns.html Search Google blogsearch for 'aetogate' http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2007/08/this_prism_does_not_turn_white.php http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/tripoli_6/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/category/the-george-will-on-ice-affair/ http://scienceblogs.com/donorschoose.php

Eleventh, it needs to mention science blogging anthologies: Open Laboratory 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009: http://scienceblogs.com/clock/openlab08/ http://scienceblogs.com/clock/openlab09/

It needs to mention some of the most well-known events, e.g., Aetogate, Crackergate, Expelled, Framing Wars, reactions to Sizzle movie, reactions to 'Unscientific America' book, role of science bloggers associated with Panda's Thumb with the Dover trial, role of science blogs in pushing back against GW denialists during Climategate, etc.

76.182.95.50 (talk) 04:15, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Bora Zivkovic 76.182.95.50 (talk) 04:15, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, you've obviously devoted a lot of effort to making this statement, but you missed the point. This is not a category for "all science blogs", or even for "all major science blogs". This is a category for "science blogs that have articles on Wikipedia". If the category doesn't have an article, then add the category tag to the article if it already exists, or write the article if it doesn't. DS (talk) 13:27, 21 March 2010 (UTC)