The plan for Citizendium worked? First time that's ever been asserted. It worked in the sense a plan was developed, but the plan was indeed a "behemoth" and a "straight-jacket", and was a key reason why the project was so unsuccessful. Among the many things the plan failed to consider, which would have been fore-front in any plan evolved by a community, was the need to make sure the people named as the editors actually were authorities in their subject. I was there from the start of the project: I was one of the first "expert" editors, I was one of the members of the first editorial board, The basic idea was wonderful as a supplement to WP, but its failure has made it almost impossible to try properly for a version of WP with expert peer-review of the content.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:14 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 February 2013 11:34, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like he want's to build a megaproject in a huge go, no evolutionary steps at all, and then see if anyone likes the behemoth of a constructed reality straight-jacket.
Well, it worked for Citizendium. (Completely planned out about a year in advance, from the Slashdot editorial.)
- d.
WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l