[WikiEN-l] Citizendium on quality

[Wily D]

On Dec 18, 2007 6:44 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/19/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/12/18/why-the-focus-on-creating-quality-content-in-case-you-didnt-know/
> >
> > Interesting thoughts on quality.
>
> For me the telling line in that blog post is:
>
> "Even if we don't get it right, someone eventually will, because it is
> possible and because there is such a huge potential demand for it.  I
> look forward to that day!"
>
> That is pretty much what citizendium is relying on. That there is a
> "huge potential
> demand" for perfection instead of "just good enough". I don't see that
> this is a gimme, but it could be true. I cast my lot with "just good
> enough", so will have
> to forego perfection.
>
> --
> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
>
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There is a huge demand for high quality, but people prefer "existing
good enough" to "hypothetical high quality" ...

WilyD