The election season is a great excuse for people to be writing essays
about the projects. This isn't limited to those running in the
elections (though I wish more of the candidates would write actively
about their thoughts and ideas).
Aaron Swartz has started a series of such essays. The latest one
suggests something I have long suspected, that the huge body of new
and anonymous contributors, who often make the first serious stab at
an article or provide a needed injection of expertise, are as
important to the 'pedias development (if not more so) than the core of
dedicated editors.
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/wikiroads
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia
Is anyone else writing long essays these days? Where are they kept,
and how categorized?
++SJ