[WikiEN-l] a valid criticism

Fri Oct 7 18:45:03 UTC 2005

Kelly Martin wrote:

>On 10/7/05, Sean Barrett <sean at epoptic.org> wrote:
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>>>But who looks up "Earth" in an encyclopaedia?
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>>My seven-year-old daughter.  Wikipedia is an encyclopedia for everyone,
>>not just geeks who are looking for hyper-specialized trivia.
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>>>I would expect more people to read [[Brutalist architecture]] than
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>>[[Architecture]]....
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>>You have surprising expectations.
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>I echo this.  I've got a two year old daughter.  One of the reasons
>I'm so active in Wikipedia is that I want her to have a good reference
>source for when we start teaching her.  She's already reading a
>little, so it won't be too long before she starts visiting Wikipedia
>(under careful supervision, mind you) and not log after that before
>she starts editing.  (I'm not letting her serve on ArbCom until she's
>25, though.)
>
She should be ready by her third birthday. :-)

What interests a three-year old?  As adults we may like other material.  
Let's hope that the kind of material that may interest her has not been 
deleted as non-notable.

Ec