On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:00:47 -0700, "George Herbert"
<george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Centiare's hurdle (despite about 900 page views per
day) has been
getting more users to register and write articles about themselves,
their companies, their home town, the book they're writing, the album
they're recording, etc.
Precisely. Because it lacks Wikipedia's unique combination of
attractions: large numbers of articles, on subjects people actually
give a shit about, with a massive presence on the web, and with
policies that prevent it being just a verbatim regurgitation of the
company's PR.
I mean, if I want to read a company's PR guff, I can find their
website. What I actually want is an objective overview of that
company, which Centiare is specifically designed *not* to give.
All of which sums up why Gregory Kohs was doomed to frustration on
Wikipedia.
Guy (JzG)
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG