<DIV>Just catching up--- I agree with Andrew that these notions of paying academics for their knowlege is anti-wiki -- its silly, and I need to say so before I read another one of these. With every typical boon come the various ideas for how to spend it. Were talking about a few thousand dollars here. Even if Bill and Melinda Gates came down and gave a million bucks to wikipedia, it still would not warrant the hiring of expensive academics--- many of whom actuall do 'get it" and already contribute to WP. Its beyond silly-- and I would like to propose an equally silly idea that WP hire on Gary Coleman, Stephen Hawking and Traci Lords as spokespeople for Wikipedia -- and pay for commercial airtime to advertise.</DIV>
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<DIV>Well maybe a few public transit ads...</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>"Thomas R. Koll" <tomk32@gmx.de></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 03:13:18PM +0800, Andrew Lih wrote:<BR>> Perhaps I'm completely cynical, but the variety of suggestions about<BR>> hiring experts to keep watch, or college professors, or<BR>> "known-neutral-and-knowledgeable" folks is a bit troubling and un-Wiki.<BR>> (And for those who know what I do for a living will find it ironic. :) <BR>> <BR>> If this route is considered, we should ensure no greater authority will<BR>> be conferred upon this class of contributors. So far, the suggestions<BR>> by Delerium and Mav have been innocent enough, but could be dangerous if<BR>> it becomes related to ownership, entitlement or keeper-status of certain<BR>> topics. <BR><BR>How about advertising in scientific magazines? But before we do that we<BR>should make a survey what jobs and interests our readers have so we can<BR>focus one advertising in a
Wild-West-magazine somthing like<BR>"Billy the Kid wanted! Write and article about him in the WP"<BR>Ads should be 1) cheaper than experts and 2) reach more people.<BR><BR><BR>> In the most extreme case, it reminds me of "The Simpsons" episode where<BR>> the Mensa chapter of Springfield take responsibility for running the<BR>> town (with their so-called "genius") only to have things go horribly<BR>> wrong, and have Stephen Hawking come by to chastise them. :)<BR><BR>A great episode.<BR><BR>ciao, tom<BR>-- <BR>http://www.tomk32.de - just a geek trying to change the world<BR>-.- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:TomK32<BR>/|> Urlaub? http://www.tomk32.de/fewo-koll/<BR>/ \ http://tomk32.bookcrossing.com<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Wikipedia-l mailing list<BR>Wikipedia-l@Wikipedia.org<BR>http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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