[Taxacom] Wikipedia vs. science

[Stephen Thorpe]

Paul,
what you say is true, but I'm not sure to whom your finger is pointing? If you do have any constructive criticisms of my edits on Wikispecies, I am more than willing to give them due consideration, as I am always open to suggestions for improvement ... but please don't make ambiguously directed criticisms, that is unhelpful ...
Cheers, Stephen

From: Paul van Rijckevorsel <dipteryx at freeler.nl>
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu 
Sent: Monday, 14 May 2012 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Wikipedia vs. science

From: Stephen Thorpe 
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:37 AM

> Oh Tony, if only it were that simple! Wikipedia community 
> have long ago distanced themselves from Wikispecies, 
> and it is expressly forbidden to use other Wikimedia projects
> like Wikispecies as sources for Wikipedia articles. It was
> actually this very issue which got this unfortunate snowball 
> rolling down hill in the first place ...

***
A very wise policy this is. Some parts of Wikispecies are 
easily as bad as Wikipedia (very often the same users doing 
their worst!), so it is not a reliable source. It may point out
reliable sources, and may thus be a useful waystation, but it 
is not necessarily usable beyond that.

Paul


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