On 09/10/04 00:17, Jens Ropers wrote:
I would PLEAD with everyone to '''not''' go the road of requiring academic certifications for approval (or even to value them excessively). I would be very disappointed to say the least if this community now turned around to go the "traditional academic" way and proved my view of things wrong.
Indeed. Although I can't phrase it off the top of my head, there seems something very unWikipedian about it.
There must be a way to make the review process work that lets the wiki process do the heavy lifting, and gives sane results.
We can't get a 1.0 out if heavy lifting that can't be done by volunteers is required as part of the process. Let the wiki do the work - just ask it the right question.
- d.