[WikiEN-l] Jimbo interview

doc doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com
Sat Apr 4 20:41:33 UTC 2009


geni wrote:
> 2009/4/4 doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com>:
>> Contributors could be offered motivation in things like 1) promises of
>> ad-revenue share. 2) meaningful attribution, where you can personally
>> take the kudos of writing a superb article into the real world (CV
>> etc.). 3) Ability to publish original research. 4) Ability to reflect a POV.
> 
> If we look at the more successful wikis however the only successful
> ones appear to be allowing original research, Some level of POV and
> totaly non wikipedia style. TVTropes is probably the best example.
> 
> 

I do not assume that a future competitor to wikipedia will be a wiki. 
Indeed I doubt anyone could compete on that basis.



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