On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:26 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://blog.k1v1n.com/2009/08/if-tree-falls-in-forest-part-1.html
He thinks that experts have a moral obligation to contribute to Wikipedia, because it's the source people actually go to.
I don't think I'd ever go chiding someone over it, but he brings up a solid point: if you hope to be heard, you need to speak in such a way that people will listen -- this may sometimes include speaking *where* people will listen.
As Charles mentioned, though, experts do quite a lot for us, just by producing those reliable sources we so direly need.
-Luna