On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Oldak Quill <oldakqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From the article: > > "Wikipedia's founding belief is that everyone has one subject > (dropping the gearbox out of a Ford Ghia, the life and works of Morton > Harket of A-Ha, making wild-berry chutney), on which they are an > expert - and could, therefore, then contribute an entry on said > subject to Wikipedia. " > > I've never considered this to be Wikipedia's founding belief. > Wikipedia culture is far more geared toward referencing than > expertise, and toward generalism rather than specificism. Expertise > can certainly mean that someone is more dexterous with concepts and > handling references relating to a subject, but knowing something in > your head is useless for Wikipedia unless you can point out where this > fact is written. Expertise is certainly welcome, but has never been an > assumption. There's enough single-minded crusaders around to give a casual observer the impression that Wikipedia has nobody else. -- Peter in Canberra _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
