In a message dated 10/12/2003 9:03:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
delirium(a)rufus.d2g.com writes:
How is the notion of paying academics for their knowledge more anti-wiki
than the notion of paying coders for their skills?
I agree with Steve that we should not pay for knowledge. Having
"professional" experts could dictate the direction an article takes--someone can
pull rank
and say, "Hey, I am the expert. Don't argue with me." This might well
threaten
NPOV, even if it comes at the cost of having some experts in certain fields
intimidated by people who don't know their ass from their elbow making
assertions about things they know very little about. Hey, we've seen both happen.
On the other hand, we should examine what areas are poorly covered so far and
encourage more people to research and write about them.
Danny
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