Julie Hofmann Kemp wrote:
1) Why Nupedia isn't as "successful" as
Wikipedia:
I can only tell you what I think (since I'm in arrears on a Nupedia
article). First, I think Nupedia is in some ways the ideal -- partially
because my understanding is that expertise can be demonstrated in ways
other than credentials.
Nupedia may well be wonderful, but I have zero interest in it. I first
heard of it a few months before I got involved in Wikipedia; I went to
the site, browsed through the FAQs, and got the distinct impression that
I wasn't welcome unless I had a PhD.
Perhaps that's an exagerration; after all, this excerpt explains
carefully that you don't _need_ a PhD:
If a man who had received a Master's degree in French
literature focusing exclusively on Victor Hugo had written five
peer-reviewed articles about Hugo, the fact that he lacks a Ph.D.
should not stop us from assigning him topics related directly to Hugo.
;)
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)