[WikiEN-l] Did I miss the great Digital Universe debate?

[Justin Cormack]

On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 06:25 -0800, Stan Shebs wrote:
> Reading between the lines, I think what they're really hoping is to
> leverage the $10M for infrastructure, with most expert content
> creators being "paid" in the form of bylines. For many experts,
> this will be sufficient draw; they will be able to justify it
> as part of work, it will be a way to get ahead, etc.

This doesnt happen. Academics and so forth are busy and expect to
be paid for this type of thing. Bylines in an encyclopaedia dont
cut it any more.

Will be interesting.

Justinc