On 13/10/2007, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
What is lacking, IMO, are good articles on a lot of general but non-contentious topics. It's a lot easier to write an article on a very specialised topic than a general one. The specialized topic is likely to be well-bounded and of obvious and simple scope. Sources for such articles are generally easier to find (because they are so specific, they're easy to search for) and not contentious. It's a lot harder to find authoritative sources for general information, ironically, even though it's easy to find non-authoritative ones.
Indeed. I cannot even begin to figure out how I would have a shot at writing [[Law]]. Or [[colour]] (spelling disputes aside, it's noncontentious!). Or [[water]].