[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

[T P]

That depends on what we want Wikipedia to be.  If we want it to be the
elaborated union of all existing encyclopedias, no matter how specialized,
fine.  But what we want Wikipedia to be is not to be decided strictly based
on the opinions of experts.  Citizendium is --> that way.

I think people are jumping to conclusions about my point.  My point is not
that webcomics should not be included.  My point is that Scout McCloud's
evaluation of notability should not carry more weight than the consensus of
the people writing Wikipedia.  If he wants to change Wikipedia he's welcome
to join us in writing it.

Adam

On 2/26/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:
>
> T P wrote:
> > On 2/26/07, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2/26/07, T P <t0m0p0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> All right, I didn't know that.  But the point stands that experts
> >>> in their fields routinely overestimate the importance of their fields.
> >>>
> >> You do realize that Wikipedia is NOT PAPER, right?
> > Don't insult me.
> >
>
> Although it was poorly put, I think there's a point in there. EB, due to
> space limitations, is a general-purpose encyclopedia. But there are
> plenty of special-purpose ones out there, too. I'm not immediately
> seeing why Wikipedia can't include just EB topics, but every other
> special-purpose encyclopedia out there.
>
> Sure, the team who made the Encyclopedia of Polymeric Materials or the
> Encylopedia of International Political Economy or the Encyclopedia of
> Fashion Accessories (all real, I swear) think that their topic is pretty
> important, or they wouldn't have spent years making an encyclopedia. But
> why would that matter?
>
> If Scott McCloud were making the Encyclopedia of Sequential Art,
> wouldn't we want an entry on every single topic he thought important
> enough to include?
>
> William
>
>
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