[WikiEN-l] Fwd: For the WikiEN-l list

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:00:47 -0700, "George Herbert"
<george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:

>Centiare's hurdle (despite about 900 page views per day) has been
>getting more users to register and write articles about themselves,
>their companies, their home town, the book they're writing, the album
>they're recording, etc.

Precisely.  Because it lacks Wikipedia's unique combination of
attractions: large numbers of articles, on subjects people actually
give a shit about, with a massive presence on the web, and with
policies that prevent it being just a verbatim regurgitation of the
company's PR.

I mean, if I want to read a company's PR guff, I can find their
website.  What I actually want is an objective overview of that
company, which Centiare is specifically designed *not* to give.

All of which sums up why Gregory Kohs was doomed to frustration on
Wikipedia.

Guy (JzG)
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