Comments on: Wiki’s and their failings http://webchicanery.com/2008/05/09/wikis-and-their-failings/ Just another weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:34:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Andy http://webchicanery.com/2008/05/09/wikis-and-their-failings/#comment-24 Andy Fri, 09 May 2008 19:29:42 +0000 http://webchicanery.com/?p=4#comment-24 I think it comes down to the culture behind the wiki you are dealing with. With Wikipedia what you have is laregely a community of historians (or history buffs) and scientists editing the content; in other words, people who can write and care about it being correct and well done. On the other hand, ask a bunch of programmers (no offense) to start contributing to a site like that, and I for one wouldn't be surprised that the result is largely unhelpful. Just compare the wikipedia articles on ruby, for instance, to the ones on Beethoven. Even there, there's a noticeable difference. I think it comes down to the culture behind the wiki you are dealing with. With Wikipedia what you have is laregely a community of historians (or history buffs) and scientists editing the content; in other words, people who can write and care about it being correct and well done.

On the other hand, ask a bunch of programmers (no offense) to start contributing to a site like that, and I for one wouldn’t be surprised that the result is largely unhelpful.

Just compare the wikipedia articles on ruby, for instance, to the ones on Beethoven. Even there, there’s a noticeable difference.

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