[WikiEN-l] We've been overtaken.

[geni]

2009/4/21 Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>:
> Exactly what I thought. Better integration and support for wikiprojects
> (have to say, I sort of prefer "task groups" as a name...), better
> recognition on the wiki of top contributors to various articles -- those are
> things we could really learn from.

Historically wikiprojects getting hold of too much power or thinking
they have has tended to cause problems.

> And if we could approach the proprietor,
> and encourage a more compatible licensing scheme, our Chinese language
> projects could really benefit (and their project could benefit from
> Wikimedia content).

I suspect they already take it.


> Did this thing just appear out of nowhere? Suddenly a collaborative online
> reference site larger than the English Wikipedia?

Been around for a while. I was expecting it to overtake en this year
but not this soon. Would be interesting to know how they beat out
Baidu Baike.


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geni