Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Nupedia

[Tom Chance]

I have to agree. And besides, I would have thought we
(being both projects) would benefit most from sharing
articlesbut keeping our policies and actual web sites
seperate. That way we could merge in the future, but
our different approaches can both continue. Maybe we
can set some sort of sharing going between Nupedia and
Gnupedia...


Thom Chance


--- Bob Dodd <address@hidden> wrote: >
Looking at Nupedia, it looks a whole lot *different*
> to this project...
> 
> Nupedia:
> --------
> 
> " IV. CHOOSING ARTICLE TOPICS.
> The editor of a category must approve of all topics
> to be assigned, or
> else assign this responsibility to one or more
> trusted specialists on
> particular subtopics. "
> 
> Our project:
> -----------
> 
> "If the free encyclopedia is a success, it will
> become so ubiquitous
> and important that we dare not allow any
> organization to decide what
> counts as part of it. This organization would have
> too much power;
> people would seek to politicize or corrupt it, and
> could easily
> succeed. 
> 
> The only solution to that problem is not to have any
> such organization,
> and reject the idea of centralized quality control.
> Instead, we should
> let everyone decide. If a web page is about a
> suitable topic, and meets
> the criteria for an article, then we can consider it
> an article. If a
> page meets the criteria for a course, then we can
> consider it a course.
> "
> 
> In itself, that difference is enough to justify two
> separate projects.
> In fact I would go as far as to say that I wouldn't
> wish to work on
> Nupedia, since the whole principal of
> intellectual/academic freedom to
> write on any subject, and then to allow our peers to
> comment (i.e. rate
> the material), is replaced by small panel of people
> "who know best".
> You have the possibility int he Nupedia organisation
> of editors
> selecting their friends, and/or writers they
> "respect" as experts,
> without other voices being given the opportunity to
> be heard.
> 
> Benevolent dictators are still dictators.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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