[WikiEN-l] Citizendium

[Delirium]

Jimmy Wales wrote:
> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
>   
>> Assuming that good content (if any) in sangers project will be added
>> to wikipedia, why would potential editors prefer to edit these
>> articles that are copied back to wikipedia too on sangers project,
>> rather than on wikipedia? There has to be some added value to editing
>> on sangers project, rather than on wikipedia, for his project to
>> flourish. What is it? I genuinely want to know.
>>     
>
> If I had to guess, one response would be: the opportunity for a genuine 
> expert to work hand in hand with other genuine experts, without the 
> social difficulty of having to interact with the general public, some of 
> whom are quite noticeably stupid and annoying.
>   
That's what I initially thought, but as Sangers clarified his ideas in 
his responses to Slashdot comments, it appears that he *does* plan to 
have most users and article writers be non-experts.  He proposes that 
experts should have an "editorship" type role, to "gently guide" the 
work of non-experts.  It's unclear what exactly this will involve, but 
it doesn't seem like it will be the place for experts who want to avoid 
interacting with the general public---the only advantage is that in 
those interactions they may be given some official levers to use (but 
still be expected to use them "gently").

-Mark