Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria

[Bryce Harrington]

I have to say that I kinda got a similar feel when I looked at it.  

"We believe that, since Nupedia articles are peer-reviewed by experts --
most of whom have Ph.D.'s, and many of whom are distinguished in their 
fields..."

"...writers are expected to be experts on the subjects about which they
write; in most cases they will possess advanced degrees or other such
credentials (whatever is appropriate to the topic). "

"Other notes for the editor -- for example... your qualifications to
write about this topic, etc."

Nothing explicitly stated, "Go away unless you've got a PhD", and I
figured there was at least a chance my article would be accepted, but it
put me off enough that I didn't bother trying to submit.  What I thought
was, "Why would I want to waste my time doing something that may not be
used (even for a little while?)"  

Bryce

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Jimmy Wales wrote:

> Imran Ghory wrote:
> > BTW. Have you looked at the Nupedia project, try signing up and look 
> > how  much you have to fill in to write an article. They seem to be of 
> > the opinion  "unless you've got a Phd in the topic you'll only write an 
> > crap article about it". 
> 
> This is absolutely false.  If you can show me the text that made
> you feel this way, I will see what I can do about getting it changed.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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