Would the effect of that be to guarantee that
Wikipedia is the first
result for just about everything, and nothing else could ever get
close? ;-P I can't see them doing it, 'tho, because Wikilinks are just
internal and don't really contribute to the 'relevance' of a
particular result on the wider 'net.
On Dec 19, 2007 2:48 PM, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Insufficient geekitude. References are just
academic.
Someone needs to propose to Google that they auto-expand [[Wikilinks]]
to Wikipedia URLs ;-)
-george
On Dec 19, 2007 8:46 AM, Nathan Awrich <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You know you're a wikiholic when you add
references to e-mails!
On Dec 19, 2007 11:16 AM, Charlotte Webb
<charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 12/18/07, joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu
<joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu> wrote:
> > Larry raises very good points. I think he overestimates how
much
people
> > prefer quality to easy access but I
might be cynical.
>
> Ah, but cynicism is a virtue. Read-access is cake. Write-access, even
> to fix a minor grammatical error[1], is subject to excessive
> restriction.
>
> On 12/18/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > That is pretty much what citizendium is relying on. That there is a
> > "huge potential demand" for perfection instead of "just good
enough".
> > I don't see that this is a gimme, but it could be true. I cast my lot
> > with "just good enough", so will have to forego perfection.
>
> "I appreciate the best, but I'm settling for less, 'cause I'm
looking
> for the next best thing."[2]
>
> On 12/18/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Of course, the flipside of the argument is that what wikipedia
> > is trying is not waiting for a grand piano to appear out of thin
> > air, but instead giving the parts of one grand piano to a
> > million monkeys, and waiting patiently for the monkeys to
> > assemble them into a playable instrument.
>
> More like we rely on them to create their own list of parts and tools
> to scavenge for, and patiently wait for them assemble said piano.
>
> Maybe the result will be perfectly tuned but look like shit.
> Or maybe it will be visually beautiful but sound like shit.
> Or maybe the instrument will look and sound great, but smell like shit.
> Or maybe it will look, sound, and smell like shit, but at least it
> won't cost us a penny.
> Nothing comes without a trade-off.
>
> —C.W.
>
> [1] (or any other issue, perhaps in the [[Rocket science]] article,
> which would not benefit much, if at all, from expertise or even vague
> comprehension of the subject)
> [2] (C) 1983 Zevon Music (BMI), Tiny Tunes (ASCAP), Valgovind
Music (BMI)
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