(Just a little "bully pulpit" message here--a few thoughts.) It occurred to me that it might help to remind you of a certain point about wiki culture. I guess this will be obvious to many of you, but for some, it might be helpful.
You will enjoy yourself more on the wiki, and in general you will encourage others, the more you remain fully open to expressing yourself. Openness is not just about being open to virtually anyone who signs up to an account--it is also about being open to others' points of view, and indeed our own thoughts. It is important, in other words, that we do not censor ourselves or others. It's a work in progress and it's OK if we make a few errors. You might find this strange for me to say, insofar as I sometimes have to point to [[CZ:Professionalism]], which requires that we behave cordially, or professionally. But there doesn't have to be a contradiction. You can open and properly self-assertive without behaving rudely. My point isn't that different from the message to "be bold." I guess what I'm saying is that the sort of openness that drives wiki work along manifests itself in "boldness" very often. If you don't like the "be bold" formula, try thinking of it like this. This is YOUR project. (It's not mine--I didn't write all that!) YOU can step up and write about whatever you want. As long as you are behaving yourself, as virtually everyone does virtually all the time, no one will be standing in your way. So don't be worried that someone is going to come down on your head like a ton of bricks. This isn't like an academic project in the sense that you must be perfectly careful, or else your colleagues or your instructor will harshly take you to task. It is, rather, a work in progress that is open to development on all fronts. Excellence happens over time, as a result of an open collaboration; it certainly does not happen because everyone always writes perfectly! Again, I'm sure all that's obvious to most people, but I hope this will help some. --Larry _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
