Skeptical about Citizendium
I expressed my skepticism about the Citizendium Wikipedia fork at TechCrunch… Clay Shirky has thoughtfully dismantled the most fundamental flaws in the conception of the project. Is there some new way around them I’m not seeing?
September 18th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
News of the Citizendium project appeared for me on wikinews last week. I appreaciate your attention to the ensuing discussion. As a late-comer to the discourse about authority and expertise, I find this a fascinating review of issues that arose with Wikipedia’s popularity. The questions of who gets heard, who gets to choose, and who chooses the choosers are important when we need to make sense of any information that gains currency.