This looks like a genuinely positive experiment that could lead to very good results.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Thomas Larsen larsen.thomas.h@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
Thanks for clarifying.
This is an excellent experiment. With Wikipedia's open edit process I am confident that the plan will adjust as it is implemented and I, for one would like to see more academic journals take on this tact of publishing their results under GFDL (on Wikipedia or their own journal). Knowledge
is
power only if there is access to that knowledge.
The issue I have, though, is that I feel that Wikipedia is doing a bad job of giving people "knowledge". Many scientists (I would assume--the proof of the concept is in the editing, I suppose) would agree with my position. These people might object to having their "knowledge" placed on Wikipedia to be torn apart and/or built up by the ignorant masses (no offense intended).
The idea might work, but I'm willing to step out and say that I don't think it will.
On the other hand, I might be pleasantly wrong :-).
--Thomas Larsen
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