Dear All,
Missed an important couple of sentences in one paragraph of my note.
But Wikipedia has a great flaw, and this flaw is built into the
Wikipedia culture. Wikipedia relies in general on blind review by
pseudonymous editors. Unlike authors and editors at a real encyclopedia,
there is no way to determine who these people are or the level of their
expertise. > [Missing sentence follows] AT A JOURNAL, REVIEWERS ARE
THEMSELVES SUBJECT EXPERTS CHOSEN BY AN EXPERT EDITOR. IN THE NEW OPEN
REVIEW SYSTEMS THAT ATTEMPT REASONABLY TO MOVE BEYOND BLIND REVIEW, ONE
KNOWS THE IDENTITY OF REVIEWING EXPERTS AND ENGAGES THEM IN REASONED
DEBATE. Unlike an academic journal, there is no way to determine
anything about a snippet of information or the author who asserts it,
since published authors also remain anonymous. This is not merely blind
review – it is blind authorship.
Thanks again, Lubomir, for sharing this article.
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Undue-Weight-of-Truth-on/130704/
Ken
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