Appearance does affect perceptions of credibility, which should be of interest to Wikipedia. Recently, I was talking to someone who doubted Wikipedia's validity. When I asked her if it was because the content can be edited by anyone, she replied, "No, it's the way the site looks."
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hoi, > Yesterday I wanted to make a point to a friend. I tried to do it by having > the facts that are sourced in the Wikipedia article read by the person who > did not have the information available. Reading the article did not really > happen because of the problems with the lay-out as presented on the screen > of a laptop. > > Wikipedia is the encyclopaedia everyone can edit. Not everybody does read. > It is like the issues with Wikibooks and Wikisource, we care about editing > and the reading is largely a by product. > Thanks, > Gerard > > On 14 July 2012 17:14, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Paul Becherer <p...@wmnederland.nl> > > wrote: > > > The article was an interesting read, and wasn't just about layout; it > > > had more to say more about *interface*, which is a more general > > > concept. If there's anything that can be done to increase meaningful > > > participation by making the interface simpler to use or > > > better-looking, then why should we not do that? Because we'd rather be > > > left alone in our own tech-savvy we-know-what's-good-for-you bubble? > > > Having a simpler, more user-friendly interface doesn't change us into > > > Facebook overnight. And if it increases actual participation, then I'd > > > be in favor of it. > > > > True. BTW, I see strong connection between sentences "Wikipedia is > > not, and has no interest in being, Facebook." and "Britannica is not, > > and has no interest in being, a website" -- having in mind that > > Facebook is another name for "social networking service". > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
