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Steve Lefevre (lefevre.10(a)osu.edu) [050417 16:39]:
> I'm pitching an idea for a postmodern
wikipedia. What I mean by
> that is that there are multiple concurrent versions of an
> article. Instead of a zero-sum game where only one text can
> inhabit a title at any time, a user can choose from different
> branches. The user basis this decision on who the authors are,
> and how many people agree with the text. The immediate wikipedia
> problems that this solves are: - Edit wars. This is common with
> articles covering controversial topics, such as abortion.
> Proponents of different truths will build and maintain their
> side of the story, including counter arguments, instead of
> trying to destroy the other side. There is no negative sign-off,
> so the only thing the article measures is how many people agree
> with it, not how many disagree.
Multiple forks save edit wars, but I'm entirely
unconvinced
they're a good thing for the reader. I think NPOV is Wikipedia's
really startling and useful innovation, on a par with attempting
to write an encyclopedia by the wiki process.
Isn't Wikinfo (Infopedia?, what was the name) a Wikipedia fork trying to
do something like, although without the technological base?
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