2009/4/9 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:
I predict it won't stop it for a moment. Mike
Johnson of CZ has noted
before that criticising Wikipedia is the quickest way to publicity for
Citizendium:
http://moderndragons.blogspot.com/2007/05/modern-dragons-now-with-20-more-u…
As I commented on that post, it's not clear that's good for
Citizendium in the long run. Entirely too many Citizendium
contributors appear to be in it to be against Wikipedia, rather than
e.g. to write an encyclopedia.
Further note from Tara Hunt: "How not to build a community: Part I:
the anti-community "
http://www.horsepigcow.com/2006/06/how-not-to-build-community-part-i-anti.h…
"The first mistake I ever made in community fostering is to position
the company I worked for in opposition to another one (can't find that
post, but I was an idiot). So let me offer this unsolicited advice:
Rule #1 in building your own reputation is to never ever ever build it
on the grounds that it is different/better/etc. than an established
company"
See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29
- the successful forks don't spend their time railing against the
other tine of the fork ... they get on with being good of their own
account.
- d.