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There is a premise in this letter that I believe is false. That premise is that the letter is going out to people who have an interest in Wikipedia. In fact, there are many academics- certainly the overworked MD who is interested in the science and humanitarian aspects of medicine, who have no real knowledge of Wikipedia. An invitation to be part of something free of billing codes and hiearchial authority would be appealing to a few, who could be extremely productive. Why not invite the recipient to be part of a radical collaboration project and describe it as it is?Describe what it hopes to be, from 'first principles'. In a secondary paragraph, the Larry Sanger - Wikipedia connection can be made clear. Nancy [[User:Nancy Sculerati MD|Nancy Sculerati MD]] 15:51, 3 February 2007 (CST) | |||
Revision as of 16:11, 3 February 2007
References of Drafts
- Version 2
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From: www.Citizendium.org Public Relations.
Subject: Citizendium, The Citizen's Compendium, is requesting your expert help for
Dear (Insert Professor / Field-expert name here)
Please consider helping us write (blank) article.
Five years after the start of Wikipedia, many respected academic professionals are still extremely skeptical about Wikipedia's articles reliability and vandalism of articles by anonymous users. Citizendium's founder, Larry Sanger, was the cofounder of Wikipedia. After realizing some of its flaws, designed the framework for a future online Wiki-based encyclopedia that was open to imput by all with the gentle guidance of experts -- Citizendium. The article approval system on Citizendium is similar to peer review on academic journals. Experts verify that the information published is correct. This version is then locked in place until the article next comes up for approval. Users, who are required to use their real names and provide brief biographies to become authors, may continue to edit the wiki-file on the Draft page, one mere click away.
We are asking you, as an expert in your field, to join us as status of editor. Our request is not overbearing. We ask you join our project to check it out and participate in helping others to write one article. Hopefully, you will enjoy particpating in great collaboration in our fun academic community and will continue to assist us in unseating wikipedia as the go-to for easy, quick, and accurate public information on the world wide web.
We turn to you because you have dedicated your life to academic pursuit in your field of choice. Your daily work affects anywhere from hundreds to thousands (or more) people everyday. By helping us with this article, you would be helping the entire world.
We hope to see you join our team and look forward to your imput on (BLANK) article.
Cordially,
Citizendium Public Relations Team
Information written on Citizendium is copy-written to the author and under the Free License agreement, information can be used on other sources if the author is recognized.
Comments on way letter is going, direction, suggestions, etc
ON V2-
- I think that the copy is evolving well, but can improve further. At the moment I do not have a lot of time to do much, and will return. Good work T. David Tribe 15:46, 3 February 2007 (CST)
There is a premise in this letter that I believe is false. That premise is that the letter is going out to people who have an interest in Wikipedia. In fact, there are many academics- certainly the overworked MD who is interested in the science and humanitarian aspects of medicine, who have no real knowledge of Wikipedia. An invitation to be part of something free of billing codes and hiearchial authority would be appealing to a few, who could be extremely productive. Why not invite the recipient to be part of a radical collaboration project and describe it as it is?Describe what it hopes to be, from 'first principles'. In a secondary paragraph, the Larry Sanger - Wikipedia connection can be made clear. Nancy Nancy Sculerati MD 15:51, 3 February 2007 (CST)
ON V3-
List of facts to possibly include
list of reasons why CZ is better than WP
Target universities
Boston College www.bc.edu
University of Southern California www.usc.edu
Michigan State University www.msu.edu
University of Michigan www.umich.edu
Target professors by topic
Biology Chemistry Organic Chemistry Stem Cell
Target High School Teachers
Target retired faculty
Target libraries for librarians
Boston Public Library