Buy-in and participation by members are essential for the success of this project. These are some things that we feel may help encourage them.

Current serious baseball researchers

For this group, the plan provides:

• A way for them to know all revisions are approved by editors, so they can feel they're editing an "authoritative" encyclopedia
• Authoritative private areas (for committees) that allow them to publish information and sign it as coming from them
• An easier way to make research available than they have ever had

Would-be researchers

This plan speaks to these researchers by its nature, by making it easy to contribute general knowledge or something specific. For example, I (Peter) think it would be great to have some articles on the history of various statistical measures. In SABR now, I could find others with that interest, form a statement of intent, apply to the board to form a committee, wait for approval, get organized, and then start doing research. With the new encylopedia, I could have a page open for editing within 2 minutes. If I got something wrong and there were anyone else in SABR interested in the subject, they could just fix it for me. The article could continue in this process until it was ready to be viewed by the public.

Would-be copy-editors

The term "editor" appears a few times in this plan. There are two types of editors needed in a project like this. First is the "authoritative editor", who checks articles to make sure they are factually correct. This role would be filled by people currently filling the same role in SABR (although it would be less work). The other, "copy-editor" role comes from Wiki culture: the role of "neatening up" contributions to make sure they fit the formats and policies. There is a lot of this to be done, given the massive amount of research we have that is not yet "wikified". For someone who enjoys this role, this is a great challenge and making it accessible is very rewarding, and this project should be very attractive. I (Peter) have gotten four volunteers to copy edit BRJ articles in the hours since the project was made public. I wish it would be as easy for them to edit those as it will for members to edit wiki articles.