[WikiEN-l] Do experts have a moral obligation to contribute to Wikipedia?

[Marc Riddell]

on 8/2/09 12:26 PM, David Gerard at dgerard at gmail.com wrote:

> http://blog.k1v1n.com/2009/08/if-tree-falls-in-forest-part-1.html
> 
> He thinks that experts have a moral obligation to contribute to
> Wikipedia, because it's the source people actually go to.

The "moral obligation" is in ensuring the accuracy of the material.
> 
> (I added a comment that experts without patience for Wikipedia's little
> ways can contribute by adding a note and refs to a talk page, they
> don't have to dive into the joys of being a Wikipedian.)
> 
"Wikipedia's little ways"? Whatever that means.

And, for some of us, the joy is in the diving in. And the deeper the pool
the better :-).

Marc Riddell