[Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

[David Gerard]

On 18 September 2010 18:28, James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We need to look at why other wikis are being created such as wikidocs,
> medpeadia, and radiopedia (there are 87 dealing with science alone) rather
> than they joining us.  Others in academia obviously perceive some problems
> with our system.  Are this preceptions justified?  Can we work with these
> other 87 wiki in a collaborative way to reduce a duplication of effort on
> similar content?  Could we convince some of them to simply join us?


The usual variation is looser rules on notability and original
research. Failing all else, if the content is licence-compatible it's
suitable to being ported to Wikipedia.


- d.