Very few academics are actually good textbook writers; they usually need extensive help from editors who know the art.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote: > David Gerard wrote: >> http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/interview-with-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales/ >> >> >> > > A very nice and reflective interview, waxing philosophical. > > The only regret I personally have about that one, is that Jimbo > missed the one big opening at a knock-out punch vis a vis > citizendium. > > Citizendiums "narrative" and "engaging the reader" style > does in fact sound good in theory, and it could work, if the > people writing citizendium were actually good at narratives; > but in fact they are not. Mostly it falls flat in a stupendously > comic fashion. Witness for instance the citizendium article > on imaginary numbers. The narrative voice there grates as > if there was a Sunday school supervisor reading text to wee > bairns and smiling every three words, to emphasize that we > so love this stuff, ain't it cute and cuddly, these imaginary > numbers, stuff and golly-winks. > > > Yours, > > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen > > > _______________________________________________ > 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