Comment Misunderstanding of Wikipedia (Score 1) 441
Dr. Lichtenstein's comments betray a fairly severe misunderstanding of Wikipedia. I wrote a small blog post commenting on this, and I'll quote the most relevant portion:
It's not hard to find plenty of other incorrect statements, either. I'd guess that she's just trying to promote herself by 'taking a stand' against Wikipedia, really.Dr. Lichtenstein has some fairly odd ideas, though, in my opinion. For example, she is said, in the article, to be leading a team of researchers looking at how Wikipedia operates, but she is then quoted: "People have invested a lot in becoming an expert and they are trying to earn a living and you can't expect experts to contribute without pay." I wonder how she and her team of researchers missed the large number of experts that we do have contributing--without pay, even. Perhaps she blindly trusted some critics of Wikipedia, rather than checking it out for herself.