[WikiEN-l] Fundraiser quote of the day

[Ian A Holton]

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 12:19 -0500, Nathan wrote:

> On Jan 7, 2008 12:06 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > However, all this might actually be a good idea. Paying students to edit
> > > Wikipedia might be a way of funding research into new knowledge and also
> > > help receive current knowledge in a form suitable for Wikipedia.
> > > Obviously, one would have to find funding for such a thing. AFAIR, the
> > > German Wikipedia received funding from the German government and a
> > > private company for a project that was used for paid contributors.
> >
> > Yes, if you can find the funding, it would be great. We should target
> > post-grads, rather than under-grads, though. The information added
> > will be much more reliable.
> >
> Who would pay? Especially with the likelihood that whatever is written
> won't live for very long in the same form, but will be modified (and
> in the mind of a grantor, can be modified by any non-expert).
> 

Well, first of all on the point of "non-experts": I don't believe one needs to 
be an expert on a field, as all statements must be sourced from somewhere that 
has been at least semi-verified by an "expert".Secondly, all statements that
are sourced and cited live a lot longer than anything that wasen't. As to the exact
way of putting something, that is unimportant. As long as all verifiable information
that is notable is included, that is all that counts. And I can not see such information
being removed.

Ian [[User:Poeloq]]