Gregory Maxwell wrote:
Wikipedia isn't the only place in the world to store knowledge. It's clear that we already are aware of that, which is why we have wikibooks, wikiquotes, and wiktionary.
No, not really. The reason we have Wikibooks, Wikiquote and Wiktionary is because the community wanted them. Again, it comes down to the community majority opinion. It is no surprise that, with there being a distinction between an "encyclopaedia" and a "dictionary" in the real world, a majority of contributors will want to mirror that distinction out of tradition. The statement that "Wikipedia isn't the only place in the world to store knowledge" is invented later to justify this. It is relatively obvious that it would be hypothetically possible to store all knowledge in Wikipedia; people do not deny this, but they only question that it is desirable. And again, it comes down to the community majority opinion.
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