• From: Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@S...>
• To: Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@S...>
• Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:04:08 -0700

On Jul 28, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Tim Bray wrote:

> I stumbled into Wikipedia's XML entry today and it's terrible.   
> Sprawling, badly-organized, full of inessentials including some  
> nonsense.
>
> I'm going to invest a few hours part-time in coming weeks in trying  
> to make it smaller and cleaner.

You guys are great, the article is getting better by the day.  There's  
still room for improvement; this has the potential to be something  
you'd point anyone to who's just trying to figure out what this XML  
thing is all about.  I think the article could still use a little bit  
more intro/pedagogical/tutorial material; explain not just describe.

I'm starting to think that in the future, it will be an explicitly or  
implicitly recognized responsibility associated with being an expert  
in any subject X to have some responsibility for the care and feeding  
of the Wikipedia entry on X.

  -Tim

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