Just catching up--- I agree with Andrew that these notions of paying academics for their
knowlege is anti-wiki -- its silly, and I need to say so before I read another one of
these. With every typical boon come the various ideas for how to spend it. Were talking
about a few thousand dollars here. Even if Bill and Melinda Gates came down and gave a
million bucks to wikipedia, it still would not warrant the hiring of expensive
academics--- many of whom actuall do 'get it" and already contribute to WP. Its
beyond silly-- and I would like to propose an equally silly idea that WP hire on Gary
Coleman, Stephen Hawking and Traci Lords as spokespeople for Wikipedia -- and pay for
commercial airtime to advertise.
Well maybe a few public transit ads...
~S~
"Thomas R. Koll" <tomk32(a)gmx.de> wrote:
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 03:13:18PM +0800, Andrew Lih wrote:
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.
How about advertising in scientific magazines? But before we do that we
should make a survey what jobs and interests our readers have so we can
focus one advertising in a Wild-West-magazine somthing like
"Billy the Kid wanted! Write and article about him in the WP"
Ads should be 1) cheaper than experts and 2) reach more people.
In the most extreme case, it reminds me of "The
Simpsons" episode where
the Mensa chapter of Springfield take responsibility for running the
town (with their so-called "genius") only to have things go horribly
wrong, and have Stephen Hawking come by to chastise them. :)
A great episode.
ciao, tom
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