More a failure of nerve; when he did not attract experts in the field he gave authority to 2nd rate people. Present company excepted, of course.
Fred
The plan for Citizendium worked? First time that's ever been asserted. It worked in the sense a plan was developed, but the plan was indeed a "behemoth" and a "straight-jacket", and was a key reason why the project was so unsuccessful. Among the many things the plan failed to consider, which would have been fore-front in any plan evolved by a community, was the need to make sure the people named as the editors actually were authorities in their subject. I was there from the start of the project: I was one of the first "expert" editors, I was one of the members of the first editorial board, The basic idea was wonderful as a supplement to WP, but its failure has made it almost impossible to try properly for a version of WP with expert peer-review of the content.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:14 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 February 2013 11:34, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like he want's to build a megaproject in a huge go, no evolutionary steps at all, and then see if anyone likes the behemoth of a constructed reality straight-jacket.
Well, it worked for Citizendium. (Completely planned out about a year in advance, from the Slashdot editorial.)
- d.
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