diff --git a/paper.bib b/paper.bib index d2d08505..67140c69 100644 --- a/paper.bib +++ b/paper.bib @@ -33,4 +33,20 @@ @misc{lmfdb note = {[Online; accessed 24 March 2024]}, } -@misc{pibasedata,author = {{The pi-Base Community}},title = {{pi-Base/data}},url = {https://github.com/pi-base/data}} +@misc{pibasedata, + author = {{The pi-Base Community}}, + title = {{pi-Base/data}}, + url = {https://github.com/pi-base/data} +} + +@misc{pibasemathse, + author = {{StackExchange Network}}, + title = {{Posts containing `url:"topology.pi-base.org"` - Mathematics StackExchange}}, + url = {https://math.stackexchange.com/search?q=url%3A%22topology.pi-base.org%22} +} + +@misc{pibasemo, + author = {{StackExchange Network}}, + title = {{Posts containing `url:"topology.pi-base.org"` - MathOverflow}}, + url = {https://mathoverflow.net/search?q=url%3A%22topology.pi-base.org%22} +} diff --git a/paper.md b/paper.md index 8867fee0..7255a2af 100644 --- a/paper.md +++ b/paper.md @@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ pull request reviewers) may visit the [Advanced page](https://topology.pi-base.org/dev) to select any other branch of `pi-base/data` to preview any proposed contribution. +While frequently used as a resource to aid scholars +in searching the literature, π-Base is infrequently cited as a primary +source. As such, the impact of the π-Base is perhaps best measured by its +frequent citation as an authoritive source on the +Math.StackExchange [@pibasemathse] and MathOverflow [@pibasemo] forums. +Additionally, recent enhancements to the web inferface now make the +discovery of open (to π-Base) questions, allowing for its use in the +development of problems for student researchers, giving these novice +mathematicians an opportunity to "contribute" to research infrastrcture by +way of π-Base, even when results on their own would not be considered "new" +or "publishable" in the traditional literature. +