We definitely do not want to be giving medical advice to people. If
you get that wrong, people die. Medical advice should be got by going
to the doctors. Can you give another example of what your idea could
be used for? Can you also explain how it would work - how would we put
together this wizard?
On 4 May 2010 20:58, Yao Ziyuan <yaoziyuan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Possible names:
WikiTroubleshooting/WikiWizard/WikiWiz/WikiSolve/WikiFix/...
Motivation:
Wikipedia provides factual knowledge (e.g. 7th-grade geometry) but not
problem-solving capabilities (e.g. helping a visitor solve his
geometry problem).
Solution:
A hypertext system like a wiki can implement a step-by-step wizard (as
seen in Windows XP's Troubleshooter help system; screenshot:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/i/tr/cms/contentPics/multimon-e.gif)
that lets a visitor incrementally select symptoms of his problem, and
finally the wizard leads to a wiki page that shows possible causes for
and solutions to his problem. Any problem in life can be included in
this wiki. For example, the visitor can start at a "Troubleshooting
Your Health Problem" portal, and the portal lets the visitor select a
body part that feels uncomfortable, and subsequent wizard pages let
him select more specific symptoms, until enough symptoms are specified
so that a final wizard page can show possible diseases and their
causes and solutions. Like Wikipedia, WikiTroubleshooting should cite
credible references.
Best Regards,
Yao Ziyuan
http://sites.google.com/site/yaoziyuan/
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