I wouldn't rely on the head start, since Wikipedia content is free for re-use. Anything we've got here thats good, they can copy and improve. However, that is based on a view of these enterprises as competitive. Really, they are complementary. The point, in this case, is the goal rather than the path. Wikipedia is useful _now_, but in the future it may be any one of similar projects. We could be Lycos or Infoseek foreshadowing Google. Works for me.
On Dec 18, 2007 8:15 PM, Brian Salter-Duke b_duke@bigpond.net.au wrote:
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 07:37:02PM -0500, Wily D wrote:
On Dec 18, 2007 6:44 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/19/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/12/18/why-the-focus-on-creating-quality-con...
Interesting thoughts on quality.
For me the telling line in that blog post is:
"Even if we don't get it right, someone eventually will, because it is possible and because there is such a huge potential demand for it. I look forward to that day!"
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.
-- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
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There is a huge demand for high quality, but people prefer "existing good enough" to "hypothetical high quality" ...
Which is why I think we should spport http://en.veropedia.com/ so people can see where the high quality is not hypothetical, and not have to prefer "good enough".
Brian.
WilyD
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