On 8/30/06, stevertigo <vertigosteve(a)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