On 8/30/06, stevertigo vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
Does the fact that Wikipedia is 1/10 Pokemon and sex/porn articles chase away scientists?
IMO, probably not, and if it is, I don't think it's a bias we can change. I think that it's way too easy to claim that - Pokemon et al get too much blame for things that aren't their fault. I do agree with those further down the thread that pop-culture trivia spread into serious articles IS a problem.
What would WP look like if NOR was lifted for certain science articles?
Awful. WP:NOT a dumping ground for new theories, and that's entirely the point of NOR. Any reputable scientific theory should already be published.
I think that any issue with advanced physics articles is one common to any specialist subject where it's hard to write about it without good knowledge of the field.
-Matt