From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Ben Emmel
On 1/2/06, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
I don't think Google would have any trouble attracting "a
few thousand
ambitious know-it-alls". Surely you don't think that WP has
cornered
the market on such people?
Peter (Skyring)
I actually think that people would go to a Googlepedia pretty quickly. There's always that prestige associated with saying to someone "I work with Google." With the strength of its name alone, Google could attract a sizeable population in a matter of months. How it would work out, I'm not sure. Isn't Google a supporter of Wikipedia though, in terms of server space and PageRank?
I think Google and Wikipedia work well together. I don't know if there's any formal relationship, but certainly each benefits from the other.
I don't think Google is going to start up a competitor any time soon, however. Not unless, as Lisa suggested, we try to make them fund WP.
Pete (Skyring)