[WikiEN-l] Anti-intellectualism

[Christiano Moreschi]

Lol, Phil, have you not read [[Wikipedia:Sword-skeleton theory]]? This sort of position is almost default for many. Readt that essay, do.
 
CMOdi profanum vulgus et arceo.> From: snowspinner at gmail.com> To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:21:27 -0500> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Anti-intellectualism> > Avoiding making this a de facto RFC on a given article...> > I've been getting into a fairly nasty feud on a popular culture > article in which I added an "academic criticism" section, summarizing > articles I could find on the subject.> > This seems to me well-supported by numerous policies. But it has > proven inordinately contentious, and contentious in what seems to me > particularly pernicious ways - the articles (from peer-reviewed > journals) have been compared to blog posts and fancruft, declared non- > notable (not that notability determines article content), and the > sections have been accused of being jargon-filled (which, they are, > yes, but we're dealing with criticism in the humanities. It's jargon- > filled, and the jargon doesn't translate to everyday words easily, or > else we wouldn't use the jargon).> > I'm very, very troubled by this, for a number of reasons. For one > thing, it seems to me to cheapen Wikipedia, miring us in the everyday > and the simple. I am unable to think of anyone who would seriously > criticize an encyclopedia for excessively covering peer-reviewed, > academic scholarship. Covering academic criticism of any subject > should be a goal for us. It should be the goal for us.> > But apparently this position is not only not widely held, but an > incredible minority position.> > Am I crazy? Did I just get a bad bunch of people conversing on the > article, such that I should spill the article name and get the sanity > brigade on it? Or are we really of the opinion that peer-reviewed > academic criticism is a non-notable perspective on a subject?> > -Phil> > _______________________________________________> WikiEN-l mailing list> WikiEN-l at lists.wikimedia.org> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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