[WikiEN-l] Re: Taking your eyes off the ball

Wed Oct 5 15:10:49 UTC 2005

Hi there :),

> Ouch!  Do you mean astronomy is boring, or my writing about astronomy? 
>  I
> do try to write articles that are interesting for people who might only
> have a passing interest in astronomy but it's easy for a scientist to
> forget what's interesting to people not in the field.  That's partly 
> why I
> sought peer review for Herbig-Haro object, because I was half afraid I 
> was
> going to spend lots of time on something no-one would be interested in.
> Astrocruft, if you like.  Please tell me if I'm heading that way!
>
> The general point is that for many featured articles, only one person
> might be interested in writing about a subject, but its appeal should 
> be
> broad based if it really represents the best of Wikipedia.  I'm not
> particularly fussed about architects in colonial New Zealand, for 
> example,
> but Giano's articles on Benjamin Mountfort etc are interesting enough 
> to
> keep me reading right through.
>
> WT

Don't get discouraged! You're articles are some of the best around 
here! I think often though with technical subjects like this it can be 
tough to write for the layman :). Anyway, I'm still offering responses 
on your peer reviews :).

Thanks,
Ryan

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