On 24 November 2010 08:40, Charles Matthews
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> 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.