Larry et. al., It certainly sounds tempting.
The trouble is, that the provider of funding giveth, and the provider taketh away too. It would be that much harder to convince outside entites of our objectivity in all matters. Not only that, but were we to maintain a database of consumer goods, making such a database either comprehensive or well-researched yet neutral or both -- would require a full-time research staff and enormous expenses. Consumer's Reports has a formula for that, and the staff, and the resources. If they or someone else wanted to put up a Consumer Goods wiki I think that would be commendable -- but if Citizendium becomes that also, it risks becoming that mainly. Last of all, if what I was writing for became a consumer database, I wouldn't want to write for it. It's a perfectly fine thing, but I have no interest in contributing my volunteer labor to such an undertaking, and I suspect others feel similarly. cheers, -- Russell A. Potter, Ph.D. Professor of English Rhode Island College 600 Mt Pleasant Ave Providence, RI 02908 _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
