On 13/10/2007, Matthew Brown <morven(a)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]].
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- Andrew Gray
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