From: "Andrew Lih" <alih(a)hku.hk>
Subject: RE: [Wikipedia-l] $6,000 goal reached!
Perhaps I'm completely cynical, but the variety of
suggestions about
hiring experts to keep watch, or college professors,
or
"known-neutral-and-knowledgeable" folks is a bit
troubling and un-Wiki.
(And for those who know what I do for a living will
find it ironic. :)
If this route is considered, we should ensure no
greater authority will
be conferred upon this class of contributors. So
far, the suggestions
by Delerium and Mav have been innocent enough, but
could be dangerous if
it becomes related to ownership, entitlement or
keeper-status of certain
topics.
I do not know what you do for a living :-)
But I feel equally troubled by this.
There are quite a bunch of "professionals" among us,
and it is certainly clear that being professionals do
not prevent bias for example.
So not only is it sort of putting again knowledge in
the arms of academics, but also fooling us in the idea
these academics are perfectly neutral.
Similarly, some french wants to press CD for
demonstration purpose to precisely these
professionals, for them to indicate to us where typo
is wrong, which fields are not covered enough, which
articles contain mistakes and so on.
I find this troubling and slightly insulting.
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