According to Tech Yahoo! an organisation known as the Stanton Foundation is giving Wikipedia money to “create ways to make it easier for people to add their knowledge” to the online encyclopedia.

The purpose of the grant is to encourage people who are less tech-centric but knowledgeable in their fields to contribute to the shared pool of information.

The grant will fund a team at the Wikimedia offices in San Francisco. Team members are to pinpoint what commonly prevents people from making Wikipedia entries and then eliminate those obstacles.

Are wikis that difficult to edit? I doubt that the resistance to edit is solely or largely due to technical inability. It’s got more to do with mindsets, expectations, personal philosophies on how people learn, and egos.

No amount of money is going to make a difference if they don’t try to address those issues. Maybe no amount of money can address those issues!