[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia is not a dictionary (was: Re: Old Wikipedia backups discovered)

[Fred Bauder]

> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:28 PM, MuZemike <muzemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We must also take into account the popularity factor when it comes to
>> comparing WMF wikis. It is obvious of the advantage Wikipedia has over
>> all the other wikis in that is immensely more popular and is received
>> much more widely than all other wikis.
>>
>> After pondering that for a while, one can conclude that we have come
>> full-circle with regards to previous thread, which discussed briefly
>> the
>> dominance and level of "monopoly" Wikipedia has over the
>> freely-editable
>> portion of the Internet.
>
>
> ...Hmm.
>
> I guess it's a good sign, if we think of the positives, that in some
> areas our closest credible competition for WP is another WMF project.
> 8-)
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
> george.herbert at gmail.com

Ok, hold that thought.

How about creating, within Wikimedia, a fork which incorporates some or
all of the ideas we've been discussing. For example a dictionary which
does discuss the development of concepts at length.

Fred Bauder