on 4/23/10 8:31 AM, Fred Bauder at
fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net wrote:
Larry is doing a lot better controlling his nasty side
on Citizendium
than he ever did on Wikipedia; there is a collegial atmosphere, more or
less. The problem is with the conception, not with his particular
behavior. He has not attracted the highly qualified academics he would
have to attract to make it a success. Third rate "experts" are not
significantly better editors than amateurs are. Serious academics are
knocking down big bucks and writing books, they don't piddle around on
obscure websites.
And, on not-so-obscure websites, where there is a clear - and acute -
academiphobia present.
Marc Riddell