Comments on: Why the Citizendium Will (Probably) Succeed http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/ Weblog about the Citizendium project and its Citizens. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:40:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Beano Lee http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5592 Beano Lee Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:46:14 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5592 I think that as long as CZ has taken time to craft quality rather than quantity, it will grow better with such a solid foundation. Surely no one can predict whether its current system will succeed, but no one can say it will definitely fail either. What CZ needs now is time and quality effort, I say. :) I think that as long as CZ has taken time to craft quality rather than quantity, it will grow better with such a solid foundation. Surely no one can predict whether its current system will succeed, but no one can say it will definitely fail either.

What CZ needs now is time and quality effort, I say. :)

]]> By: Evorgleb http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5469 Evorgleb Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:20:14 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5469 We've been talking about Citizendium over at <a href="http://highbridnation.highbrid.com/?p=1489" rel="nofollow">Highbrid Nation</a>. Personally I use Wikipedia a lot and I don't see anything knocking it off its top spot. The features that make Citizendium better may just be the features that keep it from having the same sucess as Wikpedia. There can only be one. Who will it be? We’ve been talking about Citizendium over at Highbrid Nation. Personally I use Wikipedia a lot and I don’t see anything knocking it off its top spot. The features that make Citizendium better may just be the features that keep it from having the same sucess as Wikpedia. There can only be one. Who will it be?

]]> By: Larry Sanger http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5459 Larry Sanger Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:21:30 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5459 Thanks for the comment, Gerard. Not sure what you mean by "the insistence that only 'experts' can work together." No one at CZ insists on such a thing. We have many non-experts on board, who work with each other and the resident experts too. Thanks for the comment, Gerard. Not sure what you mean by “the insistence that only ‘experts’ can work together.” No one at CZ insists on such a thing. We have many non-experts on board, who work with each other and the resident experts too.

]]> By: GerardM http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5458 GerardM Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:45:03 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/03/26/why-the-citizendium-will-probably-succeed/#comment-5458 The fact that experts can work together has never been in doubt. They work quite well in many projects. Even in Wikipedia you find experts working together on the topics that are dear to them. I met experts on the ICANN conference working on cryptography in en.wikipedia today .. The difference with Citizendium is the insistence that only "experts" can work together and that with academic credentials you will get much better content. Citizendium has it easy; it is very much in an embryonic stage. Only time will tell if it will scale and if it needs scaling. Thanks, GerardM The fact that experts can work together has never been in doubt. They work quite well in many projects. Even in Wikipedia you find experts working together on the topics that are dear to them. I met experts on the ICANN conference working on cryptography in en.wikipedia today ..

The difference with Citizendium is the insistence that only “experts” can work together and that with academic credentials you will get much better content. Citizendium has it easy; it is very much in an embryonic stage. Only time will tell if it will scale and if it needs scaling.

Thanks,
GerardM

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