Timothy Shell wrote:
- If Wikipedia is to be an encyclopedia, then it probably is not
appropriate to have threaded discussions on a subject page. See for example AlTruism, where one person gives a flame bait description of the concept, and numerous people then argue back about that description. If a discussion is approptiate, perhaps there should be a standard discussion page, as AltruismDiscussion or AltruismDebate, that is linked to from the subject page.
There is already a cultural tradition in the wiki world called "refactoring". The idea is that there is a "discussion mode" and a "document mode". In discussion mode, people have a threaded discussion, with many different issues being raised.
Then, some WikiMaster comes through after the discussion has died down, and "refactors" the page. This involves editing/rewriting/ rearranging, so that all points of view are presented fairly.
- Often the wiki links for noun and adjective forms of a word should
point to the same subject page. For example, SkI and SkiinG are essentially overlapping concepts. We could say, on the SkI page, "To engage in SkiinG". This is not elegant, but it works, I suppose. I see on the WhichWikiShouldWeUse page that there are different versions of wiki that might allow for different ways of linking. Do one of these alternative ways offer a solution to this problem, allowing for different links to point to the same subject page?
I don't think there is any automated solution to this and similar problems.