Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
Assuming that good content (if any) in sangers project will be added to wikipedia, why would potential editors prefer to edit these articles that are copied back to wikipedia too on sangers project, rather than on wikipedia? There has to be some added value to editing on sangers project, rather than on wikipedia, for his project to flourish. What is it? I genuinely want to know.
If I had to guess, one response would be: the opportunity for a genuine expert to work hand in hand with other genuine experts, without the social difficulty of having to interact with the general public, some of whom are quite noticeably stupid and annoying.
We try, as a community, to be welcoming and respectful of experts. We have good people in the community who try to help experts deal with the trolls, vandals, and general nonsense that is likely to come up from time to time. But we can also all easily admit that sometimes it does not go perfectly, and that genuine experts end up leaving rather than wasting time arguing with idiots.