I didn't mean that we're creating only "for" someone, I meant that in the sense of that's the maximum level of reading comprehension that should be necessary for most articles. A person with a 10th-12th grade education should be able to understand the articles, or the articles should provide backlinks to "grounding" articles. I see Citizendium's purpose as helping provide a basic level of understanding. Reading the Citizendium articles on a subject won't prepare you for the midterm, but they might be a nice extra resource. I think of Citizendium's purpose as a revision of Wikipedia as opposed to a completely new model. We're version 1.5 in my mind - we know what didn't work, and so we're refining it. As I see it, by making people take personal responsibility for their contributions, and by giving "experts" a mentoring role, we're helping make a resource that anyone can contribute to while simultaneously making one that's reliable and accurate. If I were an expert or academic, I'd be more excited about CZ than I already am. If a person is an academic (at least from my interactions with them), then they want to expand human knowledge. We're offering them a way to continue teaching people. Besides, professors (at least mine) have some pressure on them to do something to bring attention to the school (either by publishing or doing something notable), especially in their quest for tenure or a chair. As I see it, if CZ becomes big enough, being an "editor" might look good on your CV, and I could see a point 4-5 years from now where colleges like UVA and Oakland University talk that up when they talk about how smart and accomplished their professors are. Just some thoughts from a random contributor (and definitely a non-expert) Zachary Pruckowski UVA Arts and Sciences Class of 2009 (which looks puny in response to "Vice-Provost" and "Dr.") On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Susan Awbrey wrote: Good Morning, |
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