On 08/27/2010 04:12 AM, David Gerard wrote: > It's not clear there's room for another general encyclopedia on the > web. What they're describing Webypedia as sounds a bit like Knol, > which was more like an unmoderated about.com than a Wikipedia > competitor per se. (The notion that it was a Wikipedia competitor was > entirely media-originated as they desperately cast about for something > to say about it, and not from anything Google or Wikipedia said at any > time.)
This is actually an area I think there is some opening to "compete" with Wikipedia in a sense, by providing more essayish articles by a individuals giving their takes on a subject, which tend to be a bit more coherent, with more personality, stronger stands/opinions, etc. Of course, it's better if most of the articles are reasonably good. That idea actually predates Wikipedia, though, and imo it hasn't been much improved by these new entrants. I still find Everything2 and h2g2, both late-1990s projects, to be the most successful of the user-produced, non-wiki "webs of knowledge", and I still refer to them now and then. Am I missing new innovations in this area? -Mark _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
