On 11/20/05, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
The problems won't stop if we are more accurate. As long as we are challenging vested interests our material will always be seen as dubious, whether or not it's true.
Are you talking about the vested interests of the academics? I assure you that most probably care not a bit about Wikipedia and certainly don't see it as a threat. Wikipedia does not compete with the interests of academics in any way -- it has a different audience, different purpose, and entirely different status of "author" than academic work. They are not incompatible in the slightest -- in an ideal world, Wikipedia would be parasitic on academic work, as are other encyclopedias. In the academic ecology, parasitism is actively enjoyed -- the more you are relied upon, the more status you have.
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