[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia Empire Based on Open Source Worst Practices?"

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

> From: "David Gerard" 

> http://thomas-lord.blogspot.com/2006/08/wikipedia-empire-based-on-open-source.html
 
> Is there something here that's the seed of a useful idea?

I quote: "Isn't each article a separate module, more or less?"

Well, no. WP is not a bunch of fairly independent essays. That is a common misconception, and one that seems particularly persistent, in external criticisms.

WP is hypertext: simple remark. What is more, Wikipedians who are up to speed actually conceive of it as hypertext. And one reason for WP's success is that it is an encyclopedia-like thingy with the hypertext aspects used in development, not bolted on afterwards.

Charles


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