Wikiversity talk:What shall we do with Wikipedia?/Expert commentaries

Please discuss! --McCormack 10:48, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Right at begin when seeing the page title and reading the page I thought: "What about the comment possibility on Wikipedia's talk pages ?" Perhaps there could be offered/moved up an argument right at begin how/why/if this is different ? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 15:49, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Talk pages on Wikipedia are rarely intelligent. It is true they can contain expert "fights", but this gets lost in other stuff, and the nature of talk pages is scrappy. An "expert commentary", to my mind, is a formal piece of writing from an expert which is usually of a higher standard than a mere discussion. We also do discussions on WV, but there is no point in offering this to Wikipedians, as they already have their talk-and-fight pages. --McCormack 16:03, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Can there be gained info from WikInfo - since they also allow original research and have a Sympathetic point of view ? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 15:49, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The question posed on this discussion, "What shall we do with Wikipedia?" reminds me of a similar question my manager, Pete Lopiparo, asked of me at Bell Labs some 30 years ago. He said, "Barry, I don't know what to do with you."  Without losing a beat, I replied, "Pete, enjoy me."  Wikipedia is a game.  Enjoy the game.  —Moulton 11:48, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Who chooses the experts?
Apologies if this is just blatant ignorance of the workings of Wikiversity, but I just came across this article & said I'd jump straight in =) Somewhat after the discussion, but still…

If 'expert commentaries' are created that allow POV & somewhat original research – wouldn't Wikiversity promoting these opinions under the heading of Expert Commentaries be giving weight to the opinion of the editor themselves? As such, it seems that knowing how qualified someone is in an area & vetting their expertise in a subject would become important? Dáithí-eile 16:32, 30 June 2010 (UTC)