[WikiEN-l] Why Academics are Useful to Wikipedia

Sun Sep 12 19:34:01 UTC 2004

Geoff Burling wrote

> * Arrogance. By the fact they have arrived at the end of a long
> road of training, academics tend to be prima donnas;

Amusing argument (though I know what you mean), precisely because the
endless tenure-track, US style, is said to militate against women.

Actually, I'd say that arrogance is typical of the high-self-esteem academic
subjects, not those that give people low self-esteem.  Leave it to others to
pick the bones out of that, but it's an important distinction to bear in
mind.

Charles