Winning a Wikipedia discussion while you disagree with what the textbook says but are right but the average Wikipedia author thinks you aren’t is a painful process.
The high school student with a textbook on his side and enough time has a good chance of winning a discussion against a good academic who knows something about the topic.
Unfortunately, that’s as it has to be; you can’t win unless there’s a source that trumps the textbook, no matter what your expertise. As I said elsewhere, an expert can sometimes help more by providing that source than by direct editing.
Winning a Wikipedia discussion while you disagree with what the textbook says but are right but the average Wikipedia author thinks you aren’t is a painful process.
The high school student with a textbook on his side and enough time has a good chance of winning a discussion against a good academic who knows something about the topic.
Unfortunately, that’s as it has to be; you can’t win unless there’s a source that trumps the textbook, no matter what your expertise. As I said elsewhere, an expert can sometimes help more by providing that source than by direct editing.