[WikiEN-l] Twitterpedia will win

[George Herbert]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke <wikipedia at zog.org> wrote:

> 2009/5/5 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
>
> > "The Peloponnesian War, which lasted from 431-404BC, was an Ancient
> > Greek military war, fought by Athens and its empire against the
> > Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta."
> >
> > That's 167 characters. Think we could get a 140 character requirement
> > added to [[Wikipedia:Lead section]]?
>
>
> "The Peloponnesian War (431-404BC), was an Ancient Greek war between Athens
> and its empire against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta."?
>
> :)


No functionality for links?  For shame...


I developed an entire user help system once which required that all
information be one 23x80 character text frame, including a line of
navigation info and a line of the next prompt (useful: 21x80).  That was
quite a challenge.

Wrapping a useful amount of encyclopedic info into Tweets is possible but
extremely painful.  Especially as there's no links.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com