[WikiEN-l] Fundraiser quote of the day

[Thomas Dalton]

On 07/01/2008, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/7/08, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You want to send someone through med school for the sole purpose of
> > them writing Wikipedia articles afterwards? Interesting idea...
>
> I think you misunderstood the hypothetical scenario, which is based on
> the premise that editing Wikipedia is more exciting than mowing lawns,
> flipping burgers, or selling products door-to-door (to cover any
> extant deficiency in financial aid). Incidentally I'm sure some would
> dispute this premise. Obviously one would go to med school to pursue
> their own dream of becoming a surgeon or a dermatologist or whatever.

Ah, you mean editing in their spare time to fund their way through med
school? I think that's one serious problem with that - you don't get
spare time in med school. It's very intensive.