Charles Matthews wrote:
How about the simpler comment that if you have expertise in an area of public interest, you should consider writing something freely licensed and putting it on the Web where someone can find it and help aggregate it?
This is a really good point.
Subject-matter expertise is one thing.
Skill with writing is another.
Skill with editing Wikipedia is yet another.
Wikipedia-editing is pretty far removed from subject-matter expertise. It's more about searching and summarizing and collaborating. It's closer to being a librarian than any other occupation. Saying, "Subject-matter experts are morally obliged to edit Wikipedia" is not too far from saying, "Subject-matter experts are morally obliged to volunteer at library help-desks."
Ben