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On 1/17/07, Stan Shebs stanshebs@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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