[Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals withcontentissues.

[Peter Damian]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com>
> The answer is probably that we're not finished yet and need more
> participation from people interested in writing encyclopedically in
> the area.

> Basically, the answer is interested contributors bothering to put in
> the effort, same as any other area. Hard work over the course of
> years, as usual.

I would have bought the 'not finished yet' argument 5 years ago.  Perhaps 
even 3 years ago.  But now?  Every article in my area of expertise has 
stagnated.  The only changes are vandalism followed by reverts from 
administrators who sometimes don't understand what they are reverting to, 
and who let other sorts of vandalism creep in.  My benchmark is this article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence

which I rewrote 3 years ago and has since degenerated into a mess.  See e.g. 
the 'Dharmic Middle way view' section towards the end which is incoherent 
and strange, immediately followed by the 'formal languages' section which 
clearly belongs in another article.  You really need people with some sense 
of the subject to edit an article like this.  Perhaps credentials are not 
the answer.  All I am saying is that there is a serious and growing problem 
and that someone needs to recognise it for what it is.

Peter