Re: [WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

2009-07-25 Thread Gwern Branwen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Carcharoth wrote: What were *you* searching for that meant you failed to find it? To be fair, using the word comparing instead of comparison in the search terms, means you fail to find it using Wikipedia's

[WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

2009-07-24 Thread Carcharoth
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 Does anyone else know of any other comparison essays out there? Carcharoth

Re: [WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

2009-07-24 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Carcharothcarcharot...@googlemail.com 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?

Re: [WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

2009-07-24 Thread Carcharoth
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Gwern Branwengwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Carcharothcarcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: I recently came across this page, on another wiki, where they compare themselves to Wikipedia. Interesting or not? What good points do they

Re: [WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

2009-07-24 Thread Joseph Reagle
Conservapedia is almost wholly a reaction against Wikipedia and describes differences: http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:How_Conservapedia_Differs_from_Wikipedia ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from

Re: [WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

2009-07-24 Thread 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