Comments on: Why the focus on creating quality content (in case you didn’t know) http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=269 Weblog about the Citizendium project and its Citizens. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Larry Sanger http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=269#comment-61655 Larry Sanger Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:24:23 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/12/18/why-the-focus-on-creating-quality-content-in-case-you-didnt-know/#comment-61655 Interesting point--thanks for the comment, Gerard. Interesting point–thanks for the comment, Gerard.

]]> By: GerardM http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=269#comment-61646 GerardM Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:43:22 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/12/18/why-the-focus-on-creating-quality-content-in-case-you-didnt-know/#comment-61646 Hoi, Larry I wish it was true that there is sufficient content on-line. If it is true, it might be argued to be true for English, but for some languages a translation of a fairy tale by Andersen is a minor miracle. I agree that it can be of high quality by being in a consistent orthography and having the grammar rules applied. In your arguments you are looking at the world with mono-linguistic glasses. When the world is seen with such a filter / such a light your arguments are compelling. But without it there is a different truth, languages where Wikipedia is the single biggest resource for a language on the Internet. Languages where a Wikipedia renew the interest in a language. Cultures where a Wikipedia admin and certainly a bureaucrat is considered a minor deity because they are so important to people bringing recognition to their language. Sure, you do good by providing some competition, but in reality quality needs to be key in order to stand out. This is the method you choose to justify Citizendium and that is great. In other languages your current project could be a minor miracle not for its quality but for its existence. I wish you a great 2008 and, happy holidays. :) Thanks, GerardM Hoi,
Larry I wish it was true that there is sufficient content on-line. If it is true, it might be argued to be true for English, but for some languages a translation of a fairy tale by Andersen is a minor miracle. I agree that it can be of high quality by being in a consistent orthography and having the grammar rules applied.

In your arguments you are looking at the world with mono-linguistic glasses. When the world is seen with such a filter / such a light your arguments are compelling. But without it there is a different truth, languages where Wikipedia is the single biggest resource for a language on the Internet. Languages where a Wikipedia renew the interest in a language. Cultures where a Wikipedia admin and certainly a bureaucrat is considered a minor deity because they are so important to people bringing recognition to their language.

Sure, you do good by providing some competition, but in reality quality needs to be key in order to stand out. This is the method you choose to justify Citizendium and that is great. In other languages your current project could be a minor miracle not for its quality but for its existence.

I wish you a great 2008 and, happy holidays. :)

Thanks,
GerardM

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