I see a number of issues holding professionals back from contributing:
1) Some do not realize that it is possible to edit Wikipedia ( I hear this
at work when people ask me how I became an editor ). Maybe we should
advertise the fact that yes you too can edit Wikipedia.
2) Many are just not
I see a number of issues holding professionals back from contributing:
1) Some do not realize that it is possible to edit Wikipedia ( I hear
this
at work when people ask me how I became an editor ). Maybe we should
advertise the fact that yes you too can edit Wikipedia.
This, I think,
This an interesting topic which ties in very well with others that I
have been discussing in this list. Noein presented part of the
problem. Dr. Goodman, with whom I had the pleasure of exchanging some
comments before, added some more very important information. He
mentions ignorants and
David Goodman wrote:
The traditional academic system is based upon status differences
between pupils and teachers. One of the problems is the reception they
get--a great many experts do not take it kindly when they are
challenged by the ignorant, and get no respect for their
qualifications,
Noein wrote:
1. I just had a short chat with [[Erik Orsenna]], a member of the
[[Académie française]] who loves to learn and pass along knowledge.
He's also interested in the adventure of knowledge and in the democratic
processes and appreciate being able to tap into the knowledge of the
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The premises:
1. I just had a short chat with [[Erik Orsenna]], a member of the
[[Académie française]] who loves to learn and pass along knowledge.
He's also interested in the adventure of knowledge and in the democratic
processes and appreciate being
With wikipedia, any expert could reach and teach millions of persons. In
ten or twenty years, every literate person with internet access could
use an interdisciplinary, edge-cutting database of knowledge for their
diary reasoning.
The knowledge and understanding of mankind could make giant
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On 28/05/2010 22:42, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote:
3. High level physicists also stay away from it. (for example most of
the theoretical information about [[quasars]] comes from the 1960's.
Current information on the net is frequently only available
The traditional academic system is based upon status differences
between pupils and teachers. One of the problems is the reception they
get--a great many experts do not take it kindly when they are
challenged by the ignorant, and get no respect for their
qualifications, or even negative comments
Exactly what David said.
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On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.comwrote:
Exactly what David said.
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Aye, there is a group who will never really be able to fit in (I generally
think of them as the elitist side of the academics but that
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