As I said I would, I wrote a short article for Wikipedia explaining what practical phonetic training is. I thought I had set this out in a factual and neutral way, with references from Jones, Abercrombie, Catford, Ladefoged etc., to back up what I wrote. However, the WP reviewer has rejected it for being too subjective and for pushing my own point of view. When I queried the decision I was told that WP doesn’t want experts writing on their own fields, but pieces written by non-specialists who just report on what other people have said. I am invited to revise it and resubmit it, but I really can’t be bothered. So I have put the article on my website here in case anyone wants to read it.
From now on, I will confine my activity on Wikipedia to making changes to existing articles that contain errors or omissions.
From now on, I will confine my activity on Wikipedia to making changes to existing articles that contain errors or omissions.
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