[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's provable anti-expertise bias

[charles matthews]

"Fastfission" wrote

>In general I think it's a better idea to actually ask academics what
they think rather than just assume for the worst using stereotypes of
the uptight and absent-minded professor. I'd avise against getting too
pulled in into ridiculous ivory tower parodies, especially if our
upcoming Wikimania is receiving so much generous support from a number
of academic communities.

I was in the thick of academia for fifteen years.  I know of what I speak.

Charles