--- lcrocker(a)nupedia.com wrote:
Perhaps Nupedia could be
pared down to a
simpler function, and one that would be easier for
experts to
participate in: instead of creating articles, or
even editing them,
why not simply let the experts /write reviews/ of
articles submitted
to them, which then get attached to the articles?
Wikipedia authors
could, whenever they feel an article is ready for
it, ask for it to
be submitted to expert review. The expert then just
writes what he
thinks about the article (you've omitted this, you
got that wrong,
etc.) and sends it back. The Wikipedia process can
then go to work
on the article again, with the expert commentary
available.
That way, the experts never have the problem of
having their names
associated with the mediocre work itself--only with
the review,
which is entirely their own creation and therefore
ego-satisfying.
And those of us who enjoy the work of writing and
polishing have
the expert's input to work with. The experts will
be providing
only the last 10% of quality that Wikipedia can't,
and no more.
That's an interesting proposition.
Also, why wouldnot near-expert wikipedians
(considering the real experts are on Nupedia :-)) do a
rather similar work of "reviewing" articles in which
they have not been involved themselves but are
interested and knowledgable. Maybe it could help make
another 2%.
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