Comments on: Wikipedia’s latest band-aid http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=221 Weblog about the Citizendium project and its Citizens. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Martin Baldwin-Edwards http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=221#comment-37815 Martin Baldwin-Edwards Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:48:39 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/09/21/wikipedias-latest-band-aid/#comment-37815 The reason that CZ doesn't have the Wikipedia problem with condescension and petty rivalries is, I think, exactly what is different about them. Two major differences: (1) CZ has real names and real people who feel some sort of social relationship with each other; (2) the actual editors on CZ are people who feel fairly secure about their abilities, and don't need to prove too much. The relationships between authors and editors is more tentative, but slowly is working out, I think. In contrast, Wikipedia has real problems of contested status, infighting, and a general lack of respect for other people's real-life achievements. There is no quickfix for the WP problems... The reason that CZ doesn’t have the Wikipedia problem with condescension and petty rivalries is, I think, exactly what is different about them. Two major differences: (1) CZ has real names and real people who feel some sort of social relationship with each other; (2) the actual editors on CZ are people who feel fairly secure about their abilities, and don’t need to prove too much. The relationships between authors and editors is more tentative, but slowly is working out, I think.

In contrast, Wikipedia has real problems of contested status, infighting, and a general lack of respect for other people’s real-life achievements. There is no quickfix for the WP problems…

]]> By: Stephen Ewen http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=221#comment-37147 Stephen Ewen Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:22:48 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/09/21/wikipedias-latest-band-aid/#comment-37147 Dead indeed: http://www.cassiopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges Dead indeed: http://www.cassiopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges

]]> By: Larry Sanger http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=221#comment-37101 Larry Sanger Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:37:57 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/09/21/wikipedias-latest-band-aid/#comment-37101 Hi John, well, if you look into it, you'll see why it never went anywhere. Enough said Hi John, well, if you look into it, you’ll see why it never went anywhere. Enough said

]]> By: John Stephenson http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=221#comment-37090 John Stephenson Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:46:38 +0000 http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/09/21/wikipedias-latest-band-aid/#comment-37090 Cassiopedia (http://www.cassiopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page)is another wiki that is basically Wikipedia with author applications having to be approved (though usernames need not be real names, nor is a user page obligatory). It copied Wikipedia's 1.4 million articles, and seems pretty dead right now. Cassiopedia (http://www.cassiopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page)is another wiki that is basically Wikipedia with author applications having to be approved (though usernames need not be real names, nor is a user page obligatory). It copied Wikipedia’s 1.4 million articles, and seems pretty dead right now.

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