This may be a glimpse of future publishing trends....beginning in the sciences...
"Anyone submitting to a section of the journal RNA Biology will, in the future, be required to also submit a Wikipedia page that summarizes the work. The journal will then peer review the page before publishing it in Wikipedia."
"The RNA wiki is a subset of a broader project, the WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology, which has marshalled hundreds of scientists to improve the content of biology articles in Wikipedia."
Read more at: http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081216/full/news.2008.1312.html
What do you think?

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