On 10 Sep 2004, at 10:35, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 10 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:42:43 +0100 From: "Charles Matthews" charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com
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D) You are not going to get top academics interested.
Charles
Yes we will. Build it and they will come. They already are coming. There already are rather good academics in our midst.
If however some "top academics" were to refuse to respond to our invitation (which we extend to academics and non-academics alike) just because they cannot throw their weight around here and have to -gasp- defend their views among equals, then we're probably better off without those "top academics". We're not shedding any tears over trolls deserting the Wikipedia either.
The ''real'' top academics will continue to be (increasingy) attracted by our proposition and they won't have a problem with defending their views, nor with conversing with fellow contributors as equals.
-- Jens [[User:Ropers|Ropers]] www.ropersonline.com
It's a bit soon in our history for participation in Wikipedia to be part of what defines a "top academic", but the ability to simply set forth expert information in this context is the sort of foundational skill which defines academic excellence. To take a specific example, anyone who could in the space of a few paragraphs, rewrite the ==Economics== section in the article, [[People's Republic of China]] to the satisfaction of the usual crowd who hangs out there would be demonstrating excellence in a number of ways. Especially if they could sucessfully negotiate the give and take which would ensue, considering and accepting the constructive changes and additions other editors might made and successfully dealing with the usual objections and reversions.
What successful Wikipedia editors do is something quite wonderful.
Fred
From: Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:37:21 +0200 To: wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A future for Nupedia?
On 10 Sep 2004, at 10:35, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 10 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:42:43 +0100 From: "Charles Matthews" charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com
<snip />
D) You are not going to get top academics interested.
Charles
Yes we will. Build it and they will come. They already are coming. There already are rather good academics in our midst.
If however some "top academics" were to refuse to respond to our invitation (which we extend to academics and non-academics alike) just because they cannot throw their weight around here and have to -gasp- defend their views among equals, then we're probably better off without those "top academics". We're not shedding any tears over trolls deserting the Wikipedia either.
The ''real'' top academics will continue to be (increasingy) attracted by our proposition and they won't have a problem with defending their views, nor with conversing with fellow contributors as equals.
-- Jens [[User:Ropers|Ropers]] www.ropersonline.com
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