[WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

[Charles Matthews]

Carcharoth wrote:
> I recently came across this page, on another wiki, where they compare
> themselves to Wikipedia.
>
> Interesting or not? What good points do they make?
>
> http://groupprops.subwiki.org/wiki/Groupprops:Groupprops_versus_Wikipedia
>   
You realise that User:Vipul has contributed similarly to enWP? This 
person seems to be essentially the only contributor there. Such a wiki 
can serve a useful and more traditional purpose: documenting what a 
small group of specialists know about a well-defined area. I would take 
the claim to have a distinctive content policy with a pinch of salt, 
because it looks mainly like an old-style wiki and not a WP-style set-up 
with people arguing from general principles. In other words "WP is not 
typical", which is an old chestnut.

Charles