[WikiEN-l] Jimbo interview

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

David Gerard wrote:
> http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/interview-with-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales/
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A very nice and reflective interview, waxing philosophical.

The only regret I personally have about that one, is that Jimbo
missed the one big opening at a knock-out punch vis a vis
citizendium.

Citizendiums "narrative" and "engaging the reader" style
does in fact sound good in theory, and it could work, if the
people writing citizendium were actually good at narratives;
but in fact they are not. Mostly it falls flat in a stupendously
comic fashion. Witness for instance the citizendium article
on imaginary numbers. The narrative voice there grates as
if there was a Sunday school supervisor reading text to wee
bairns and smiling every three words, to emphasize that we
so love this stuff, ain't it cute and cuddly, these imaginary
numbers, stuff and golly-winks.


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen