M. Fioretti wrote:
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 13:16:52 PM -0400, Web Kracked wrote:
I have a question?
Why not get some really smart people together on ODF, OpenOffice.org,
and other open source software, technologies, and concepts, AND
create a Wikipedia "style" of site but with the correct info. ALSO
only allow accredited people do the edits.
It already exists, it's www.opendocumentfellowship.com
THEN link this site to the Wikipedia pages that have the wrong info.
Make the links sound like if you go here you get the best info
on the topic.
and what would prevent other wikipedia "users" to cancel that link or
make it sound bad one second after one leaves Wikipedia to do
something more productive?
This isn't speculation. This very same discussion already happened 2/3
years ago on the opendocument fellowship mailing list. It's useless to
waste time on Wikipedia.
Marco
It may be "useless" if your only market is techies. But it IS
ADVERTISING. And that "99% of low-end" folks that was mentioned earlier
includes folks like my neighbors and former bosses who don't really
comprehend that Wikipedia isn't that trustworthy.
Remember that OO's biggest market isn't techies. It is people who can't
afford to fork out hundreds of dollars for MS Office. Those folks will
trust what they see in Wikipedia, so if OO cares about its image, it
needs to monitor the thing.
Tim D
