on 4/23/10 8:31 AM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
Larry is doing a lot better controlling his nasty side on Citizendium than he ever did on Wikipedia; there is a collegial atmosphere, more or less. The problem is with the conception, not with his particular behavior. He has not attracted the highly qualified academics he would have to attract to make it a success. Third rate "experts" are not significantly better editors than amateurs are. Serious academics are knocking down big bucks and writing books, they don't piddle around on obscure websites.
And, on not-so-obscure websites, where there is a clear - and acute - academiphobia present.
Marc Riddell