[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

[T P]

On 2/26/07, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 26, 2007, at 8:19 PM, T P wrote:
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> > There's nothing wrong with taking into account the opinions of
> > people who
> > know nothing about webcomics.  They have the advantage of
> > objectivity, which
> > Scout McCloud does not.
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> I tend to think that someone who knows nothing about webcomics is
> just as biased as someone who knows a lot, just in the other direction.
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> If somebody doesn't know anything about the subject, I'm unconvinced
> they have anything useful to say on the subject beyond, perhaps, some
> attention to style, structure, etc.
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> This sort of "experts are worse than clueless people" attitude pops
> up occasionally. It is, I think, worth ignoring entirely.
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I don't have a lot of patience, so I hope you give me credit for trying.

I never said "experts are worse than clueless people" and I never will.

Everybody has biases.  Wikipedia deals with that by forcing people with
different biases to come to consensus.

If you want a project where experts have more say than the rest, go to
Citizendium.

Adam