--- NSK nsk2@wikinerds.org wrote:
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 17:55, Traroth wrote:
Does your proposition mean that only experts will
be
authorized to contribute ? That's a major change
in
the Wikipedia spirit, and I desagree totally.
Non-experts contribute text, provided they give their full legal name and contact details. Experts contribute text and check the non-experts' contributions.
Sounds like an interesting idea, but why do we need 'experts' for? Anyone can fact and reference check, and after facts have been verified with multiple sources they are then as 'credible' as credible can be in my thinking.
It is time to apply the Wiki philosophy to not just providing the content, but to verifying it with reference checks from multiple sources. It worked for content, I am sure it will work for verification if the community are given the tools (tools such as intelligent foot/end notes, autonumbering of citations, etc.).
ShaunMacPherson
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