[WikiEN-l] Troubling news on Citizendium

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"David Gerard" wrote

> 'Open content' itself is still unusual and remarkable in itself.
> Citizendium is working with great focus to get traction and
> credibility inside academia itself, which will further the reach of
> the concept.

Credibility is good. I think Wikipedia's oblique, zagging run in that direction has been very interesting, in fact. It is still not proven that doing the things that 'everyone' says are necessary for credibility in the academy is also sufficient.

Charles

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