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

Fastfission fastfission at gmail.com
Sun Nov 20 22:25:15 UTC 2005


Ah yes, and I've got good friends who are black... (if I could roll my
eyes through e-mail, I would)

FF

On 11/20/05, charles matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "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
>
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