[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

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On 2/26/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Correction: that's the way *AfD* works. You note that WP exists to serve
> the
> writers, but most (if not all) of those commenting on certain nominations
> may have never written on the topic concerned. That's not to say they
> should
> be ignored, because WP works by consensus, but if the people who know most
> about a field are writing about something, or saying that something
> deserves
> an article, then generally shouldn't it be included, unless it fails
> certain
> guidelines/policies, e.g. verifiability?


I don't see how to fix AfD to address your concerns.  We'd have to evaluate
the relative worth of different commentators based on their expertise, which
is a big can of worms.

Adam