On 5/28/07, Josh Gordon user.jpgordon@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/28/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
And, without the community, there is no encyclopedia.
Yeah, but. To be a dancer takes intense training, years of suffering, years of sacrifice, a lifetime of committing oneself to difficult ritual, painful practicing, and putting everything one has on the line.
To be a contributer to Wikipedia takes the ability to type, hopefully the ability to read, and an Internet connection.
There's nothing remotely resembling a parallel.
--jpgordon ∇∆∇∆
Well, there is a parallel. It means we should try to retain those people who have more than the ability to type and read...