im in ur wiki makn sht up
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Highbrow wiki aims to please authority. Relatively new Citizendium hopes to avoid the gang mentality associated with the leading brand. Here's the wikipedia entry for them.
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Here's the wikipedia entry for them.
And conversely.
(blimey that's a lot of red links)
posted by cillit bang at 5:44 PM on April 8, 2007
And conversely.
(blimey that's a lot of red links)
posted by cillit bang at 5:44 PM on April 8, 2007
I thinking that Google has a dream lab where they figured out how to compile a wiki page in nanoseconds from a search function, not without some problems of course. But the wheel is reinvented every minute on the internet and they could just have a searcher help select some information for the services they get.
posted by Brian B. at 5:54 PM on April 8, 2007
posted by Brian B. at 5:54 PM on April 8, 2007
I applied for an editor position and was accepted but it took about 5 days. I kind of see Citizendium as quality over quantity , I hope to migrate my better work from Wikipedia to Citizendium (with improvements) so I can stop worrying about vandals and dumb editors and "in pop culture" cruft. But it remains to be seen what kind of culture Citizendium breeds, it may turn out to be insular, resistant to innovation and change and stifile creative contributors, it is a fine line. Wikisource, for example, is like that, because it is so small, a core group of admins rule over it like a fiefdom - an oligarchy.
posted by stbalbach at 6:03 PM on April 8, 2007
posted by stbalbach at 6:03 PM on April 8, 2007
Nowadays I find myself going to Wikipedia first, but then somehow uncovering a Wiki that's topic specific for whatever is interesting me at the time and I get more out of going there. Wiki's a good fast rundown of something, if I just need a quick answer. It's not very useful if I want to obsess over a topic tho, cuz they seem to edit out detail. I think it's weird. Like there's some kinda limit on how many webpages exist in Wiki? Like there's some finite amount of ooze from which they make these pages? "Ooh we can't make a whole 'nother page about that. We need to merge these two pages together and edit out redundancies. We're too anal for extra pages or possible redundant stuff." Whatever.
I think I tried Citizendium once or twice. It's just not on my radar. It's kinda like "AskJeeves." I respect what they're trying to do, but Google or Yahoo get me what I need faster and more consistently. AJ.com wasn't always johnnnyonthespot when I needed it, so I got out of the habit of going there.
Personally I think it's too late, but if Citizendium wants to even be in the running for the 'free online encyclopedia' race, first thing they should do is use a name that doesn't look at first glace like "citizens dumb" cuz unconsciously that doesn't do much for one's street cred. Whoever they paid to come up with their name, should get smacked in the head.
That's like naming your kid Adolf or Thor and then being surprised when kids make fun of him in school. Duh!
(apologies to anyone whose real names are Adolf or Thor but... *snicker* I mean come on!)
posted by ZachsMind at 6:08 PM on April 8, 2007
I think I tried Citizendium once or twice. It's just not on my radar. It's kinda like "AskJeeves." I respect what they're trying to do, but Google or Yahoo get me what I need faster and more consistently. AJ.com wasn't always johnnnyonthespot when I needed it, so I got out of the habit of going there.
Personally I think it's too late, but if Citizendium wants to even be in the running for the 'free online encyclopedia' race, first thing they should do is use a name that doesn't look at first glace like "citizens dumb" cuz unconsciously that doesn't do much for one's street cred. Whoever they paid to come up with their name, should get smacked in the head.
That's like naming your kid Adolf or Thor and then being surprised when kids make fun of him in school. Duh!
(apologies to anyone whose real names are Adolf or Thor but... *snicker* I mean come on!)
posted by ZachsMind at 6:08 PM on April 8, 2007
Actually, the first link posted in Sept. was originally an intro page announcing their plans, but it now points to the current page. Which is why the metafiltergefilter didn't catch it.
posted by Brian B. at 6:08 PM on April 8, 2007
posted by Brian B. at 6:08 PM on April 8, 2007
Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians is a good overview of the differences.
posted by stbalbach at 6:18 PM on April 8, 2007
posted by stbalbach at 6:18 PM on April 8, 2007
I had a professor who named his son Thor because he was a fan of comics. But his other son had some normal name like Jacob.
posted by Falconetti at 6:20 PM on April 8, 2007
posted by Falconetti at 6:20 PM on April 8, 2007
Introduction to CZ for Wikipedians is a good overview of the differences.
"We've made a few rules to make helping out our doomed project as thankless and nauseating as possible..."
posted by cillit bang at 6:31 PM on April 8, 2007
"We've made a few rules to make helping out our doomed project as thankless and nauseating as possible..."
posted by cillit bang at 6:31 PM on April 8, 2007
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