[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

[T P]

This is insane.  Is it impossible to imagine that Scout McCloud might have a
bias towards assuming the whole field of webcomics is more important than it
really is?

Adam

On 2/26/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 26/02/07, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/26/07, T P <t0m0p0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I would never claim our current solution is the final one.  But we do
> need
> > > to take the criticism of people like Scott McCloud with a grain of
> salt.
>
> > Because he's a best-selling author and respected expert in his field?
>
>
> Exactly. Obviously, if you ask his expert opinion on comics, you have
> to Assume Bad Faith and assume he'll ... I dunno, do something
> obviously bad. You know those comics experts. Far better to ask
> obnoxious teenage nerds who have no subject-area knowledge at all but
> sure can't tolerate grey areas.
>
>
> - d.
>
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