On Friday 25 February 2005 00:16, Khepri wrote:
> It was something I caught the tail of on the radio...
>
> Scholarly types whining about the quality of the
> content or something....:)
Someone who is retired from Brittanica disparaged it and Larry Sanger, an
academic who is co-founder but not longer involved, wants content frozen and
reviewed by academics, or else he threatens to fork it. Jimmy Wales, the
other co-founder, has told him to go right ahead and he would supply the
servers. But Sanger's threats are evidently hot air.
>
> Open source knowledge is a great idea I
> think...but it seems it will always be open to
> this sort of criticism...
Which can be openly answered or ignored.
>
> I'd lump it in there with the "criticism is the
> 'best' form of flattery" thing....
>
> I also like that aspect of it in that it leaves
> room for commercial products. They can claim some
> sort of specialized knowledge or quality to their
> product that the open source (wiki being editable
> by anyone I guess) can't match in every instance...
>
> But the sheer volume of potential open source
> knowledge, no comercial product can touch, I would
> think.
And knowledge really is in the commons.
>
> And if open source software is any indication,
> open source knowledge can certainly match and
> exceed commecial alternatives.
>
> I think the academics are just now beginning to
> realize this and are on the defensive, hence the
> criticism perhaps.
The vehicle for authoritative opinion, proprietary publication, is dying off.
>
> Whenever I've had the ocassion to use a wiki I've
> been pleased with it and it's quality. But then I
> realize that the quality is going to vary....:)
It does as well with "scholarly" publications to the extreme of
misinformation.
>
> So, being that Wiki is his baby, I'm curious as to
> his (or her) thoughts on that aspect of it (the
> qulaity issue).
>
> I believe it will play outin a way similar to
> Linux distros....if their good they survive and
> gain momentum, if not so good, they fade...just
> like most things in nature...:)
>
> Chris
>
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> > Khepri wrote:
> >> Hmmm, it will be interesting to hear any comments on the recent
> >> criticism Wiki's been getting....
> >
> > To which criticism do you refer?
> >
> > --
> > Chad
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