I didn't make any specific proposal other than that we (or someone
associated with Wikipedia and Nupedia) get back into the business of
making the process of creating an free encyclopedia palatable to "the
experts." The exact form of the proposal is best left to the concerned
parties, I guess. The one Magnus makes is rather old (as I'm sure he
knows) and I vaguely recall making it myself once or twice on Nupedia-L.
I do think we could go farther, though. I think we need to be creative
thinking up ways we can attract, say, a major university to become
involved in managing Nupedia (or perhaps some new organization). But,
again, I don't want to make any *specific* proposals, just because I'd
rather leave that up to concerned parties.
Who's that? Jimbo, those of you on Wikipedia who are interested in
breathing life into Wikipedia, and those on Nupedia who still care.
Larry
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Stephen Gilbert wrote:
If that's the proposal, I'm all for it.
I've had
similiar thought myself.
Stephen G.
--- Magnus Manske <magnus.manske(a)epost.de> wrote:
> Let me try to summarize:
> 1. Articles are written by experts, or are copied
> from "free
> encyclopedia sources"
> 2. They get checked and maybe expanded by experts
> 3. They are stored in a "safe" place where every
> change, if any, is
> controlled
> 4. These modified articles are a "free encyclopedia
> source" again
> 5. As a result, these articles (or parts of them)
> can be integrated into
> the "free encyclopedia sources" from #1
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