On 2/26/07, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
That doesn't mean that "what do the experts say" loses its validity as a test. It's just that our solution to the problem that our coverage of comics (not just webcomics, it should be noted) is crap is not to say "Oh, well let's just have Scott McCloud write all the articles." It's to say "OK, the experts say we blew this. Let's go back and fix it."
I noted elsewhere that, as a volunteeer effort, Wikipedia is primarily written to satisfiy the needs of the writers. "Our coverage of comics is crap" is an opinion. It may be an expert opinion, but it's still just an opinion. Whether that is important or not is still just an opinion. Practically speaking, what matters is the opinions of the people working on Wikipedia, because you sure as hell aren't going to "fix" Wikipedia just because outsiders think it's broken.
Adam