2008/9/5 WJhonson@aol.com:
I'm not sure I fully agree with this. It would depend on the question. The internet allows people to check and re-check what they've been told. In that sense, our article on digitalis should strive to represent the average knowledge of the medical community, not just be a source of entertainment for example. If our article on breast cancer could be improved in some way, that is a good thing.
If there are specific questions actual readers have when they go to a topic, that's a very good thing to know, because it suggests the article would increase in usefulness by mentioning it, e.g. give an example or two of how to use something rather than just abstract descriptions. Wikipedia can be improved by knowing this.
- d.