OT for the thread, but on the topic "Competition to Wikipedia" -
This is very new for me (found about it yesterday, through a work mate), probably already well known for others - but a lot of people (including me) iw now using it extensively as an alternative to Wikipedia: https://chat.openai.com .
Spare your time lecturing me about it not having reliable sources, or whatever argument you may find - I write Wikipedia and know all that pretty well. I'm just saying that people here that used to go to Wikipedia for quick results are now using that thing, and it's spreading like fire. Doesn't work for everything (like bios and current events), but for many stuff seems to be an advantageous replacement of wp, when what we want is quick & fairly reliable (even if not bulletproof) results.
Best, Paulo
Peter Southwood peter.southwood@telkomsa.net escreveu no dia quinta, 15/12/2022 à(s) 04:34:
Last I heard, Wikipedia is not for sale, so not much point in persuading someone to try to buy it. Also some real competition could be good for Wikipedia, and for that matter, good for the Wikimedia Foundation. It would also be very interesting to see how a real challenge to English Wikipedia would be organized. All the previous attempts have failed, often quite dismally. If it were to work better, many of us would probably join it, if it turns out to be a thing one could join. Many of us are loyal to the concept of free knowledge, not so much to the platform it is presented on. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Rey Bueno via Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2022 19:01 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: reybueno1@proton.me Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Long Reddit post laying out inner workings of English Wikipedia
The last part of the great wall of text appears to persuade him to invest in alternatives instead of buying Wikipedia. For him Wiki is like a sole McDonald's in a food dessert, and that the solution is to open new "restaurants". _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/ message/6LNO3HAMIVCEXO7PBMZGRAOG2JGGI4IW/ https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/6LNO3HAMIVCEXO7PBMZGRAOG2JGGI4IW/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org