> On 24 November 2010 08:40, Charles Matthews > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 23/11/2010 11:15, David Gerard wrote: > >>> I meant, of course, a fork of Citizendium. Buh. > >> The knives seem to be out for the fork of (fork of WP). As you say, if >> Tendrl is CC-by-SA it's all good, in terms of spooning content around. >> Apart from noting that social dynamics of the uneasy kind is not >> confined to our own shores, is there anything to do here? > > > I've pointed out they'll need more differentiation than another > slightly-tweaked set of rules. > > As such, I declare it: time for the "differentiation from Wikipedia" > thread again! What could a general encyclopedia project do to > differentiate itself from Wikipedia and gain a niche? > > * Put data in in such a way that it can be easily manipulated and > redisplayed. (Semantic MediaWiki or similar.) > * University affiliation such that an "expert" policy doesn't result > in the cranks flooding in waving pieces of paper. The result might end > up just a Wikipedia feeder in effect, but it may provide a good > environment for the writers that might actually produce something. > > What else? Pick a problem with Wikipedia and a solution to it that > hasn't already failed. > > > - d.
It is not the specific variation which is central. Anything that successfully incorporates social media can succeed, as some Wikia wikis have such as Lostpedia: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Enthusiasm is what makes the difference. Why does FourLoko succeed where root beer fails? Fred Bauder _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
