I have to respectfully disagree with most of what Giorgio has to say. My comments are interspersed below.
>1. Actual contents of CZ >CZ's first characteristics should be: be believable, be serious...CZ should and cannot be a fork or a mirror of WP in the first place...dozens of pages about every recent TV-series on WP...should not be included. They do not belong to the expertise we want to offer and they actually [h]arm us... Believable, yes but serious, come on. A sense of humor is what keeps us going. Laugh and the world laughs with you. The premise of CZ being a fork of WP I think is brilliant and should not be modified. And lastly on this point, I personally think it is a bit arrogant to think that CZ should be in the business of censoring material. Who's to say what is offensive or useful. A complete description of television show plots may be very important to a sociologist studying whatever it is they study. An finally, words alone can never harm, only enrich. Free discourse of...whatever, is what life is all about. >2. Internal vs. external references... I'm sorry, I just didn't understand Giorgio's point here at all....I see nothing wrong with the current recruiting process. It seems open to all who are interested. >3. Vandalism and real names >...We all know that people tend not to use their own data on the net... Really? I always use my real name and am proud of it. I find that most serious contributors do so when asked to. I can think of no reason to allow someone to be anonymous. If what you have to say is worth publishing, you should be willing to put your name on it. If not, go post to a blog somewhere. >4. Be creative and innovative in providing contents Other ways of providing contents could be used... I agree! >5. Keep a schedule and monitor yourself... >...biggest mistake of WP was to be absolutely ignorant of itself. Who really writes wikipedia? How? What is the credibility of scientific articles vs. political articles, really? ... Sounds like a good argument to require real names and credentials, huh? Giorgio, please don't take any of my comments personally. I respect your opinions, mine just may be a little different and I toss them up here for discussion. Thanks for listening. tx...Mike Michael J Hammel, PMP Enterprise Architect for IT Investments & Enterprise Solutions Virginia Information Technologies Agency 411 E Franklin St. Suite 500 Richmond, VA 23219 o) 804.225.4016 c) 804.347.5645 e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Expect the Best" "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
