Gregory,
suppose I have an opinion on the ethics of one of your article-owners, or the quality of its products, or the merits of its view of the world. How does this information get incorporated into your encyclopedia? For a politician, can I write an anti-[ ] article to go along with the [ ]? If not, he can tell any lie he chooses. If so, is he going to want to contribute?
On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:00:47 -0700, "George Herbert" <george.herbert at gmail.com http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l> 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)
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.