Actually, I was just talking about verification of identity. - Chris
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:25 PM, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > I guess you're referring to the part where they ask for a CV. But that > is only for "editors" not for "authors". > > I really don't understand how Citizendium expects to get a following if > they are going to set the bar so high just to sign up for heaven's > sake. Any expert that wants to work on an experts-only project can > just join the new Britannica can't they. > > Knol already has ten times the number of articles, and it's much > younger. What I see on Citizendium is pretty sparse. I understand > that Citizendium is attempting to only allow qualified experts to > create articles but the sign up page only states "write a 50-word > biography". It makes no reference to "prove to us that you're an > expert" or whatever. It's not a friendly page at all. > > The first thing they need to get is better marketing and customer > relations ;) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Down <neuro.wikipe...@googlemail.com> > To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 3:33 am > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Citizendium > > The thing with Citizendium is that I'm not particularly comfortable > giving > out personal information to people that I don't even know enough to > trust it > with. If one of these 'constables' decides it, they could have an outing > extravaganza -- and don't think it is an impossibility, either - > they're not > all robots. > > - Chris > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:53 AM, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > > > There is a set of check boxes to identify the area in which you are > > going to be writing. There is no check box for "biography" which made > > me hesitate, so I checked the box for history. > > > > I don't need 50 words to state that my areas of expertise are in > > history, biography and genealogy. I can say that in ten at the most. > > > > The response I was given back was not welcoming. So apparently > > Citizendium has no room for critics inside the system? > > Criticism-from-the-inside, to my mind, is one of the most useful > > strengths that Wikipedia has embraced. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
