[WikiEN-l] GNAA Deleted!

[Ray Saintonge]

Tony Jacobs wrote:

>> From: "The Cunctator" <cunctator at gmail.com>
>>
>> I for one think it's pathetic that Wikipedia is giving up on the 
>> mission of
>> being a complete encyclopedia because there exist specialty sites on
>> particular areas of knowledge.
>
> I disagree. Wikipedia can't be all things to all people, and I think 
> it's silly to try.  Wikipedia should consider itself one of a 
> community of wikis, specifically, the encyclopedic one, with academic 
> standards.  Why not allow for there to be multiple sources of 
> information, and let the different ones specialize in different things 
> and get good at what they do? 

I agree with Cunc that such a turn of events would be pathetic, but I 
don't think we are there yet.  There are, nevertheless, some busy people 
who would like us to go down that path.

It's not a matter of being all things to all people, nor is it a matter 
of an expansive view that would negate standards of quality.  I have no 
debate with other wikis that want to specialize; such wikis would make 
for a healthy environment.  The fact that these other wikis would not be 
bound by NPOV would make for a dynamic situation, but not one where we 
should abandon those topics.

Ec