On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:36 PM, David Gerard<[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/11 Steve Summit <[email protected]>: >> d. wrote: > >>> His approach was to recruit a pile of other XML experts, who he didn't >>> necessarily agree with. > >> Another important aspect of his approach was that he recognized >> (and even agreed with!) the concerns over someone like him doing >> any editing. > > Yep. He gets Wikipedia. > > As someone commented on his blog, one of the problems is that the > experts in an area are likely to have been very heavily involved in > it.
Also biased by that involvement towards a particular mindset, especially when it comes to speculative or cutting edge or controversial work. Tim was invited to speak at one of the Wikimanias, but couldn't make it. Sj _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
