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.
-MuZemike
On 12/28/2010 7:56 AM, Anthony wrote:
Wikipedia makes a better dictionary than Wiktionary, much like it does a better job at journaling news stories than Wikinews.
I think you have something to the point that it has to do with "the more flowing style found at Wikipedia". The failures of Wikinews and Wiktionary are probably due in large part to imposition of too much structure - in Wiktionary the formatting requirements, and in Wikinews the short work cycles.
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