[WikiEN-l] Re: Why Academics are Useful to Wikipedia

Mon Sep 13 06:02:25 UTC 2004

Daniel Mayer a écrit:
> --- Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> 
>>I think that your stand on this is overly reactive, and not pro-active.  
>>These responses are a sign of success, not of failure.   Your reaction 
>>to the teacher and the librarian is premised on their being right.  
> 
> 
> When they say that they do not trust Wikipedia, will not use it, and will go so
> far as warn others from using it, then they *are* right about that. I do not
> suppose that their reasoning behind those actions and positions are correct. 
> 
> -- mav

I am much more optimist than you on the topic. Some teachers are 
terribly interested in the whole idea, while others just do not care and 
  yet others will stay very conservative and give preference to old 
traditionnal (and outdated) encyclopedia.
There is no one unique position, and things will move forward where the 
"interested ones" are in position of making things move.

We are not yet 3 years old. We must give time to the most conservative 
ones and rely on the others. It is not us to adapt and change the spirit 
I think.