[WikiEN-l] Troubling news on Citizendium

[Nina Stratton]

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On 1/17/07, Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Phil Sandifer wrote:
> >
> > [...] If Larry wants an encyclopedia free of its biases, he should
> > work on one. But he shouldn't call it an encyclopedia run by experts
> > if he's going to dismiss the experts.
> >
> There are plenty of experts going at each other with knives on WP;
> expertise is simply a fund of knowledge, and does not magically confer
> diplomatic, communication, or collaboration skills. In fact, great
> knowledge tends to breed arrogance, making conflict more likely, not
> less so. CZ adds real names and attributions to the mix, raising the
> stakes even further by introducing the possibility of effect on one's
> careers. The organizer would need the superior political skills of an
> Ivy League dean to make it all work, but Larry's forum postings don't
> evidence much improvement at diplomacy since the times he was angering
> editors on WP.
>
> Stan
>
>
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Nina
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