A proboards discussion board about Wikipedia has just moved to its own web site - Wikipedia Review [wikipediareview.com]. It is an independent discussion board about Wikipedia, in other words not run by the "cabal" (Jimbo and his lieutenants). Wikipedia's English mailing list is moderated, and Arbitration Committee members have been [wikipedia.org] fighting [wikipedia.org] to keep mention of this board off of Wikipedia itself.
I have been very involved with Wikipedia since 2003, and won't go into why I myself am unhappy with it that much here. Suffice to sa
For a grown-up alternative to Wickedpedia, check out Digital Universe. http://www.digitaluniverse.net/ [digitaluniverse.net]
The ratio of valid criticism in other venues is not much higher than the ratio of valid content within Wickedpedia.
Digital Universe follows along the pathway of Encarta -- where articles are written by experts and changes can be 'suggested' by people who need to provide a real name. First of all, I don't want to download a separate program just for that. Wikipedia is accessable anywhere where there is an internet connection. Second of all, that restricts Digital Universe and it will never grow to the sheer volume of Wikipedia.
New message board for people unhappy w/ Wikipedia (Score:2)
I have been very involved with Wikipedia since 2003, and won't go into why I myself am unhappy with it that much here. Suffice to sa
Too Serious? (Score:1)
Re:Too Serious? (Score:1)
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First of all, I don't want to download a separate program just for that. Wikipedia is accessable anywhere where there is an internet connection. Second of all, that restricts Digital Universe and it will never grow to the sheer volume of Wikipedia.
Remember Nupedia [wikipedia.org]? 24 Articles.
Granted, there's a review process on Digital Universe which is sup