On 9/22/06, jf_wikipedia@mac.com jf_wikipedia@mac.com wrote:
Larry may have good intentions and a vision for a better pedia... but I am following the discussions at Citizendium-I and all I can see is an extraordinary amount of wishful thinking from participants, a similar amount of naivete, and a basic misunderstanding of how on- line collaboration works and what skills are needed to make it work. I also observe a huge disparity on the expectations.
The attempt to "fix Wikipedia" by forking a new wiki with a new process that "encourages experts" may be a good idea or a bad one, but we will know if it works or not when it happens. Let's see in three months time...
Looking at the responses here and elsewhere, it seems that a lot of Wikipedians following this WANT Citizendium to work, but doubt that it will.
DP