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Re: [ARSCLIST] When you die...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
> rodbrown wrote:
> 
> > I agree with his thoughts, but would add that for our purposes, the 
> > Wikipedia model would need to be tightened up. But rather than 
> > preventing contributions by all but a select few, I would hope to see 
> > the repository's growth overseen by a strong managing editor. I believe 
> > this was how the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary was 
> > accomplished.
> 
> Right idea, not a bad example but oversimplified. See:
> Chasing the Sun - Dictionary Makers and the Dictionaries They Mad
> Jonathan Green; Henry Holt; ISBN 0-8050-3466-8
> 
Consider also that there exist only a fixed number of collectors of
78's in given genres...?!

Steven C. Barr


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