[WikiEN-l] Citizendium dead?

[Marc Riddell]

> on 4/23/10 8:31 AM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud at fairpoint.net wrote:

> Larry is doing a lot better controlling his nasty side on Citizendium
> than he ever did on Wikipedia; there is a collegial atmosphere, more or
> less. The problem is with the conception, not with his particular
> behavior. He has not attracted the highly qualified academics he would
> have to attract to make it a success. Third rate "experts" are not
> significantly better editors than amateurs are. Serious academics are
> knocking down big bucks and writing books, they don't piddle around on
> obscure websites.
> 
And, on not-so-obscure websites, where there is a clear - and acute -
academiphobia present.

Marc Riddell