On 6/27/08 6:01 PM, "George Veni" <gv...@warpdriveonline.com> wrote:
> This is the notorious problem with Wikis. In principle they allow a great and > open exchange of information, but in practice the lack of quality control > allows anyone to post just about anything, even information that is terrible > wrong or short-sighted. The International Congress of Speleology next year in > Texas will broaden many US cavers¹ perspective, but if anyone reading this can > make it to France this August, the European Congress of Speleology will be an > amazing event in a spectacular karst area and I encourage you to go. > http://www.vercors2008.ffspeleo.fr/ > > George > (and not nearly as famous as some poor well-intentioned Wiki-writer thinks) > > > > From: Minton, Mark [mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:15 PM > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: [Texascavers] RE: wikianswers - part 3 > > > David Locklear said: > > > >> >There are 41 questions on the new wiki-answers page after just one week of >> being up: >> >http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/4337 > > > > The list seems a bit ³Texas centric²....maybe Texas really is ³The Center of > the Caving Universe². > > John Brooks > > I take issue with the suggested answer to the first question: "Who are > the top 10 most famous speleologist?" (That should be speleologists, plural; > same with question 5.) The names given are embarrassingly U.S.-centric. > There is only one non-American listed, and that is a French archaeologist I've > never heard of. What about people like Norbert Casteret? Bill Stone is > listed as the only human to reach the deepest point in a cave. Say what? > Which cave? He's never even been to the deepest cave in the world > (Krubera/Voronja) as far as I know, and I don't think he's the only person to > get to the bottom of any deep cave. That answer should be pulled. I'm afraid > to look at any of the others... > > > > Mark Minton >
