[Foundation-l] Analysis of statistics

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Henning Schlottmann wrote:
> Milos Rancic wrote:
> 
> We need to recruit people who are willing to contribute for a few winter
> months. And maybe - just maybe - continue in spring or return next year
> again. Wikipedia was always intended for drive-by editing: Readers, who
> correct a fact, add some new information or fix a typo.
> 

The company I work for employs a large number of people with with 
Doctorates in mathematics and quantum mechanics. Most are opinionated 
and argumentative but do not read wikipedia in areas that they have 
expertise in. The last discussion I had with one of them over a 
wikipedia article went "If I don't forget what I read there I'll have to 
edit it, but I'm not prepared to have argue about it all weekend again."

Those with professional expertise are prepared to argue an issue with 
colleagues, they are unlikely to spend several days over it on a web 
site, particularly if they have start off by explaining basic concepts.