[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

Marc Riddell wrote

> Quite seriously, though, I believe one of the persistent flaws in Wikipedia
> that is preventing it from having a wider, more professional acceptance is
> its policy 'anyone can edit'.

Well, it is the wiki-pedia, and wiki implies anyone can edit. There are any number of other ways of setting up websites. It happens that Wikipedia is massively productive, and successful in comparison with other approaches. Concentrating on expertise would, for example, mean discouraging editors from straying outside their specialisms. The whole dynamic of building up the community of Wikipedians has gone quite the other way, with broad-based generalist editors doing sterling work.

Charles

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