[WikiEN-l] Differentiators from Wikipedia (was CZ fork: Tendrl)

[David Gerard]

On 24 November 2010 08:40, Charles Matthews
<charles.r.matthews at 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.