[Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: [VereinDE-l] Bericht zur Verleihung der Zedler-Medaille und Academy

Sat Nov 27 14:32:38 UTC 2010

On 27.11.2010 01:41, Milos Rancic wrote:

> In other words, our recruitment base are not well formed scientists,
> but high school students who are interested in Wikipedia (and other
> Wikimedia projects) per se. After five years on project, a former high
> school student -- probably a university student or even a fresh
> employee -- is much more experienced encyclopedist than any regular
> scientist who spent his life in research. Simply, a couple of years of
> daily dealing with various encyclopedic articles creates an expert in
> encyclopedistics.

I do not agree here. High school (and most undergraduate college
students as well) lack the access to scientific literature and/or the
experience to use it to compile NPOV descriptions. OTOH most graduate
students, young professionals and scientists lack the time and the focus
to contribute regularly. In this part of life, they are building a
family and a career.

The most important base for recruiting should be retired professionals,
teachers, scientists. They have the background and the time. Many will
like the intellectual challenge and enjoy to pass on their experience.

High school students are our readers, don't confuse them with our autors.

Ciao Henning