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

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"David Gerard" wrote

> OTOH, I've often wondered if setting up an academic wiki would be
> something to attract people. 

The concept is probably sound. The trouble would be that academia values (over-values, we might say) the expert in a strictly delimited area. So where would the good syntheses come from? 

Charles

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