[WikiEN-l] A future for Nupedia?

Fri Sep 10 12:58:24 UTC 2004

Very good points. I agree also that this is not a good idea for a
supposedly 'edit by anyone' encyclopedia

> 
> I spent a dozen years as an academic in places people will have heard of,
> and there is something to this.  Let's look at some points.
> 
> A) There is an argument that _someone else_ can do this - take selected WP
> articles, get them refereed, post them on a web site.  WP lays the golden
> eggs.
> 
> B) WP excels at the level of survey coverage, rather than specialist (my
> opinion).
> 
> C) What happens to 'be bold' if people's qualifications to edit are an
> issue?
> 
> D) You are not going to get top academics interested.
> 
> Charles
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