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| == What is this for? ==
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| I'm unsure how it can compete with Wikipedia, sure it can not compete on breadth, and so I see it can only maybe have a chance to compete on depth in specific fields by ''experts''. The only incentive for experts to come here over wikipedia is a feeling of safety - that edits will not be corrupted by anonymous users and such.
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| The ''ideal'' for me might be a place where ''experts'' feel comfortable in offering their published work that could be ''reviewed'' and ''improved'' by others. This would make much more printed works available online.
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| The secondary ideal would be a place where experts could offer their ''prepublished'' work for feedback, which could ultimately affect what is published. This is where Wikipedia can not tread, while I don't know of the Citizens' Compendium can.
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| My not so secret agenda would be to convince ''experts'' to move their online publishing from personal sites to a place like this. They could do this if they felt comfortable others would be watching over their pages, and consulting them with changes.
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| Anyway, I've not read enough here to know if this is a hopeless goal. I only offer it as a possible vision to fill a needed gap.
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| [[Category:CZ Authors|Ruen, Tom]] | | [[Category:CZ Authors|Ruen, Tom]] |
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Revision as of 12:49, 3 February 2007
I'm a Wikipedia user at User:Tomruen, interested in seeing the potential of a parallel wiki here.
I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm a 1991 graduate from the University of Minnesota, double major in Mathematics and Computer Science, minor in Physics. I do computer programming for a living.
Tom Ruen 11:25, 3 February 2007 (CST)
