[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia in the news

[Charles Matthews]

Hemanshu Desai wrote

> In a way it is Wikipedia's strength that we don't *depend* on scholars
> and experts.

I think, in the longer term, the dependence will be seen to be greater.  An
interesting comparison is Murray's New English Dictionary, for which the
basic material seems mostly to have come in over the first five years,
submitted by many readers.  Then bringing the entries to a polished state
took much longer. That is, we do see a great enthusiasm for getting material
onto WP.

Charles