[Foundation-l] Forking the Wiki

[Daniel Mayer]

--- Magosányi Árpád <mag at bunuel.tii.matav.hu> wrote:
> I cannot see what should be the difference between words in wikipedia and
> wiktionary beyond that wiktionary should have links to other words in
> other languages, which can easily put into wikipedia in a
> non-obstructive manner.

The difference is that an entry in a dictionary is about a word while an entry
in an encyclopedia is about the actual thing the word names. So while the
Wiktionary entry called 'dog' is about the word dog, the Wikipedia entry is
about the animal known by that name. 
 
-- mav


		
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