Charles Matthews wrote: > How about the simpler comment that if you have expertise in an area of > public interest, you should consider writing something freely licensed > and putting it on the Web where someone can find it and help aggregate > it?
This is a really good point. Subject-matter expertise is one thing. Skill with writing is another. Skill with editing Wikipedia is yet another. Wikipedia-editing is pretty far removed from subject-matter expertise. It's more about searching and summarizing and collaborating. It's closer to being a librarian than any other occupation. Saying, "Subject-matter experts are morally obliged to edit Wikipedia" is not too far from saying, "Subject-matter experts are morally obliged to volunteer at library help-desks." Ben _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
