[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia is not a dictionary (was: Re: Old Wikipedia backups discovered)

[MuZemike]

We must also take into account the popularity factor when it comes to 
comparing WMF wikis. It is obvious of the advantage Wikipedia has over 
all the other wikis in that is immensely more popular and is received 
much more widely than all other wikis.

After pondering that for a while, one can conclude that we have come 
full-circle with regards to previous thread, which discussed briefly the 
dominance and level of "monopoly" Wikipedia has over the freely-editable 
portion of the Internet.

-MuZemike

On 12/28/2010 7:56 AM, Anthony wrote:
>
> Wikipedia makes a better dictionary than Wiktionary, much like it does
> a better job at journaling news stories than Wikinews.
>
> I think you have something to the point that it has to do with "the
> more flowing style found at Wikipedia".  The failures of Wikinews and
> Wiktionary are probably due in large part to imposition of too much
> structure - in Wiktionary the formatting requirements, and in Wikinews
> the short work cycles.
>
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