On 2/26/07, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That doesn't mean that "what do the experts say" loses its validity
as a test. It's just that our solution to the problem that our
coverage of comics (not just webcomics, it should be noted) is crap
is not to say "Oh, well let's just have Scott McCloud write all the
articles." It's to say "OK, the experts say we blew this. Let's go
back and fix it."
I noted elsewhere that, as a volunteeer effort, Wikipedia is primarily
written to satisfiy the needs of the writers. "Our coverage of comics is
crap" is an opinion. It may be an expert opinion, but it's still just an
opinion. Whether that is important or not is still just an opinion.
Practically speaking, what matters is the opinions of the people working on
Wikipedia, because you sure as hell aren't going to "fix" Wikipedia just
because outsiders think it's broken.
Adam