I think there is an important distinction between discussion of ideas
and the presentation of knowledge. The Wikipedia example is about
presenting knowledge. I agree that for that purpose one would expect a
level of editorial control, though I'm not aware of a problem with that. (01)
So I humbly suggest that any thoughts on this are addressed to one or
other of these two very different questions. (02)
Mike (03)
Chris Welty wrote:
> As many of you have no doubt heard, Wikipedia, aggressive bastion of open
> collaboration, is strongly considering finally giving in and closing its
> editorial process somewhat. The new model being proposed and supported by a
> majority of wikipedians, including its founder, is that anyone will be able
>to
> edit, but all edits (perhaps constrained to "all edits on higher traffic
>pages")
> will need to be approved by a "trusted" editor, of which there are many
> (thousands?).
>
> Pure openness was key to bootstrapping wikipedia's content, but now that it
>is
> among the most frequented and trusted web sites, it has become a common
>target
> of spam, pranks, and general maliciousness.
>
> I know there are many in ontolog who prefer a purely open forum, but I think
>the
> failure of SUO and the continuing nonsense in this forum - which make it the
> butt of many jokes and keeps a lot of otherwise serious ontology people away
>(I
> include myself in this category, you may argue with the "otherwise serious"
>bit)
> - are evidence that the open model doesn't work here.
>
> This forum is not taken seriously because it is too open. I suggest adopting
>a
> model like the one Wikipedia is considering, in which we establish a sort of
> active editorial board - a group of trusted moderators rather than just one,
>any
> of whom can approve a post and thus the flow of information will not be
> significantly slowed, power and control will not be in the hands of one
>person,
> and the quality will increase.
>
> (04)
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