My point is that we are seriously considering the viability of the "open" model. That bothers me a lot. Mark
--- Viajero viajero@quilombo.nl wrote:
On 06/17/04 at 12:56 PM, Mark Richards marich712000@yahoo.com said:
Why don't we adopt a methodology more like
Britanica?
We could choose editors, who would be accountable
to
us, then they could write articles that we'd be pleased with, and we could control the final
version?
Oh, I remember, because this is a WIKI!
Your point? Wikipedia has demonstrated that, quantitavely, it is a viable alternative to Britannica but qualitatively it is a *long way* from being its superior. The same goes for Encarta. A certain modesty would be appropriate I would have thought, particularly in view of the ongoing problems with we have trolls, vandals, POV-pushers, and all-round morons, which, in my mind, seriously brings into question the viability of the "open" model as it is currently implemented...
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