For anyone who's interested, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Robotics#An_interesting_problem_with_technology-related_articles
The bottom line is that i have tried to get various groups to move their content to WP, WV and Wikia (as appropriate) with no luck so far, and I think the reasons for the lack of success are worth discussing. The reason I think WP people might be persuaded to care is the issue of notability or importance: if you want to know the colors of the tailfeathers of some extinct bird, and things that are far more obscure than that, WP is great, but if you want to know even the most obvious and notable things about how people actually interact with robots in their daily lives, you're out of luck if you search WP, Wikia or WV. There are many wonderful communities of people who do have that knowledge, and they are just the kind of people that Wikians love to have around...they're focused on the task, they post a lot, they're not opinionated, they just like getting the job done. I've talked with people at SocietyOfRobots.com, RoombaReview.com, users of home and yard robots, and hobbyists who participate in competitions, and they have concerns that the culture at WP and Wikia is not what they're used to, and they're happy where they are. That's a shame, because I believe Wikia would benefit greatly from their presence, and they would benefit from being critiqued by a wider audience (namely, the whole world). The reason I'm discussing this at WP is that WP has an established reputation as the place to put their stuff if they want everyone in the world to read it...and generally, they do. They understand, generally, that not everything they want to discuss is "encyclopedic", and most of it would be more appropriate at Wikia or WV, and they understand, generally, that since the markup is the same, and the culture is the same, that would facilitate getting their stuff accepted at WP. Dan, Dank55 pretty much everywhere: #wikia, #wikia-de, #wikiversity, #mysql, WikiProject Robotics _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
