[WikiEN-l] Does openness dull the bleeding edge?

[David Gerard]

On 31/08/06, stevertigo <vertigosteve at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does the fact that Wikipedia is 1/10 Pokemon and sex/porn articles chase
> away scientists? What would WP look like if NOR was lifted for certain science
> articles?


No, no and furthermore definitely not. You've been around Wikipedia
long enough to know that NOR was specifically invented to keep the
physics cranks at bay. Anything that hasn't at least seen
referenceable peer-reviewed publication doesn't belong here.


- d.