[WikiEN-l] OT: Peer review gone awry - "The Case of M. S. El Naschie"

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/1/2008 2:00:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
delirium at hackish.org writes:

This  isn't as rare as people might think either; I'd 
say the *majority* of  academic-press books make at least one significant 
claim that is  controversial in its field, often without even admitting 
that the claim is  controversial.>>


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Which is why Wikipedia needs to attract and retain expert editors who can  
at-a-glance spy an unusual but well-sourced claim, and either relegate it to  
Talk for further discussion, or counter-balance it with another source stating  
the opposite or watering down the conclusion.
 
Will Johnson
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