[WikiEN-l] What en:wp would look like printed out

[Ray Saintonge]

Adrian wrote:
> David Gerard schrieb:
>   
>> http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/2007/08/29/what-wikipedia-would-look-like-if-on-paper-broken-down/
>>     
> The comment associated with " ...in Popular Culture" (i.e. Family Guy)  
> has my full support.
>
> A certain commentary at 
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/30/142458/25 comes to mind. Again. 
> Seriously, why can't we? We're getting swamped with fan-writing on all 
> sorts of topics, much of it related to popular culture. I believe we 
> need to reign this in before even more intellectual editors decide leave 
> this kindergarten. Why is fan enthusiam encouraged over professional 
> enthusiasm? It may give Wikipedia greater popularity in the short run, 
> but it's ruining it in the long run. Or is it just me?
It _is_ just you.

Those who complain so much about the abundance popular culture articles 
would accomplish more if that complaint time were spent on the 
"intellectual" articles that they favour.  I have little need to explore 
the pop culture articles in any great detail, but others do, and I would 
not begrudge them that right.  If these "intellectual editors" want to 
leave because we do not afford them the pomposity which they believe to 
be their due no-one is going to hold them back.  An attitude of mutual 
respect is important, and if it helps to knock down the image of the 
ivory tower so much the better.  It remains that neither side is obliged 
to directly participate in the preferences of the other, only to respect 
them.

Ec