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

[Peter Ansell]

On 30/08/2007, Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Adrian wrote:
> > [...] 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?
> >
> There are 99 fans for every professional (note the two sets are not
> disjoint), so it shouldn't be too surprising that the disproportion is
> reflected in WP. If we continue with our practice of quietly pruning
> down (usually unsourced) "fan" content, while leaving the (usually
> sourced) "intellectual" content, over time the intellectual content will
> be greater and greater.

And 99 of every 100 professionals/academics get annoyed at the fact
that anyone (not just fans) can argue endlessly about minor points of
intellectual topics, and hence they leave without committing a serious
amount of knowledge to the encyclopedia.

Peter