[Wikipedia-l] Proposed fork of Wikipedia

[Marc Riddell]

>> Just what is a "reasonable" level of quality?

on 7/7/08 1:38 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> That depends on the person and their purpose in looking up the information.

I don't understand this answer.
> 
>> And, the quality of an end
>> result is very much tied to how it got there.
> 
> Of course, but does a "non-cultist" approach actually produce better
> content than a "cultist" one? I suspect it's just a matter of making
> the writers happier, which isn't a bad thing, but doesn't actually
> help attract readers.

This one I understand quite well. It explains the present state, focus and
direction of (at least) the English Wikipedia Project. And what is next, a
push to attract advertisers?

Marc Riddell