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No Citizens No Science

tokumine
February 16, 2012

No Citizens No Science

Lessons from Citizen Science projects with 10 million contributions

tokumine

February 16, 2012
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  1. http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=1432.0 “A friend rings to say she's really sorry, but

    she's going to have to cancel your evening out, and your first thought is "Great, I can get on with my ship!"
  2. Of 1000 transcribed logbook entries: 3 will be lost because

    of transcription errors 10 will be illegible At least 3 will be errors in the logs Individual transcriptions are about 97% accurate http://blogs.zooniverse.org/ oldweather/2011/03/better-than-the- defence/