[WikiEN-l] Re: Did I miss the great Digital Universe debate?

[Daniel P. B. Smith]

> From: Justin Cormack <justin at specialbusservice.com>
> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 06:25 -0800, Stan Shebs wrote:
>> Reading between the lines, I think what they're really hoping is to
>> leverage the $10M for infrastructure, with most expert content
>> creators being "paid" in the form of bylines. For many experts,
>> this will be sufficient draw; they will be able to justify it
>> as part of work, it will be a way to get ahead, etc.
>
> This doesnt happen. Academics and so forth are busy and expect to
> be paid for this type of thing. Bylines in an encyclopaedia dont
> cut it any more.

Indeed.

Many professionals are very serious about being professionals--that  
is, about being paid for their work.