On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:36 PM, David Gerard<dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2009/8/11 Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com>om>:
d. wrote:
> His approach was to recruit a pile of other
XML experts, who he didn't
> necessarily agree with.
Another important aspect of his approach was that
he recognized
(and even agreed with!) the concerns over someone like him doing
any editing.
Yep. He gets Wikipedia.
As someone commented on his blog, one of the problems is that the
experts in an area are likely to have been very heavily involved in
it.
Also biased by that involvement towards a particular mindset,
especially when it comes to speculative or cutting edge or
controversial work.
Tim was invited to speak at one of the Wikimanias, but couldn't make it.
Sj