[Cz-biology] Auto-created articles about genes

[David Goodman]

Larry, both projects have everything to gain if they share
information. Good material being on both is a benefit to all users,
who are the people we are doing this for.  Each project has its
domain, but they widely overlap--as education does more generally.  As
long as our material is not contaminated by the unauthoritativeness of
Wikipedia editing, we have nothing more to ask.

Both projects have everything to lose if participate is exclusive. If
I were in a position of having to choose, and project A objected to
project B also participating, and project B didn't mind project A, I
would unhesitatingly and immediately go with project B. If they each
insisted on exclusivity, I'd look for a third solution.

We see here an example of a commercial organization recognizing that
the diffusion of both its information and its ability to collect and
correlate information in its subject is beneficial to the public in
general, and particularly those interested in its general subject
field.  They will benefit from the public relations, yes, but they
will benefit even more from the growth of pubic awareness and general
knowledge of molecular biology. They are not unique--many scientific
businesses have done this all along, and science research and
education is the richer for it.

They show a broader perspective in this than the attitude that you
have expressed.

In terms of biological informatics, the material they will be
providing has the highest possible standing. For them not to cooperate
with us will harm our reputation, not theirs.

On 9/20/07, Larry Sanger <sanger at citizendium.org> wrote:
> Thanks for this, Andrew.  My comments:

>
> > The WP bot trial period is done, so we
> > expect to go into mass production mode there later this week.
>
> Again, I think that's a bad idea.  I would be forced to reconsider my
> stance.
>
> > Although hiccups aren't unexpected, I hope to have at least >
> --Larry
>
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David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.