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| May 14, 2010 at 6:05 | history | edited | Douglas S. Stones | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 16, 2010 at 18:50 | comment | added | Deane Yang | Here's why blogs and wikis are great for expository writing: Even if you publish an expository article in a refereed journal (like BAMS), you don't gain much professional status from it. So most people are not likely to devote much time and effort to writing such articles. Blogs and wikis allow people to write and disseminate expository articles and thoughts with a minimum of effort and fuss, making it much more likely that they will actually do it. Even Math Overflow gives me a nice outlet for expository thoughts that I would never publish formally. | |
| Feb 15, 2010 at 22:49 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | Not that mathblogs are a bad thing: they are a very positive recent addition to the mathematical community. But I feel strongly that they are not the answer to my question. | |
| Feb 15, 2010 at 22:41 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | I don't agree that blogs are the new journals. I would need to write an entire response to explain this, but briefly: blogs are neither refereed nor reviewed. The blog format imposes length requirements and discourages repeated, substantial revision. Blog-writing receives no academic credit. And so forth. | |
| Feb 15, 2010 at 22:27 | comment | added | aorq | PS. Depending on the content, the Tricki may also be an appropriate medium. | |
| Feb 15, 2010 at 22:26 | history | answered | aorq | CC BY-SA 2.5 |