Re: MyWikiBiz

On Aug 10, 2006, at 3:31 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
> Heh, nice thought. When you think about it, if an academic's mission
> is to spread knowledge about some topic, writing a Wikipedia article
> or two would probably be a lot more effective than writing a book
> which very few people will ever read.

The problem is that, generally speaking, an academic's mission is to  
engage in research. Original research, specifically.

-Phil
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