On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 22:07 +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 23/01/2008, Steven Walling
<steven.walling(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd agree with charles comments above, but let me rephrase my
observation.
>
> Citizendium has, in my opinion, an infinitely larger potential for
> maintaining its current systemic bias, unlike wikipedia, which is
constantly
> correcting this (see things such as
User:llrwych's recent devotion to
the
> history of Ethiopia and the like). The very
nature of the cz project
and its
> base of contributors demands a bias in the
topics it gives substantial
> coverage to.
>
> Start with intellectual and personal elitism, and you're going to have
that
> bias show in your work, just like academia.
Also just like academia,
this
> bias doesn't negate the value of the
work they do focus on, but you
still
have to
acknowledge that there will always be holes in their coverage.
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're talking about the lack of
English speaking experts on topics about non-English speaking
countries? I'm not sure how serious an issue that is - most academics
anywhere in the world speak decent English, if they look for them, I'm
sure they can find suitable experts of Ethiopian history, or whatever.
Certainly, one would only have to look at specialist universities, for
example my own the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] in London.
IMHO, Wikipedia should - at some point - do a recruiting drive for
academics to get more involved with specialist subjects.
Ian [[User:Poeloq]]
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