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Seeing this leaves me incredibly dissatisfied with the state of Wikipedia. This is what it should be about. Using rich media to explain and fascinate. Instea

by brador 11y ago

Seeing this leaves me incredibly dissatisfied with the state of Wikipedia. This is what it should be about. Using rich media to explain and fascinate. Instead we get 10.000 words on the history of Anime.

adamnemecek 11y ago
You have to remember that anyone can write (maybe not write well, but can write). Not too many people can use AutoCAD and ever fewer have enough knowledge to be pumping out one a day like this guy.
- brador 11y ago
  Imagine if wiki spent their money on building tools to allow people to create multimedia content for the site. AutoCAD models are an extreme case, but how about a tool to make quick vector drawings, or a tool to make flow charts to explain complex concepts. All right there in the wiki interface. All super easy to use. 10x-ing content creation.
  - exodust 11y ago
    Your Anime example presents a problem. Anime can't be whipped up quickly with such tools, or it would be low quality. And to get past the rights issues with including fine examples of Anime on Wikipedia, would be an uphill battle. I sort of understand what you're saying, but Wikipedia is only part of the puzzle of information. That's why we have the "Internet"! It's perfectly fine to link out to Youtube videos or channels from a Wikipedia page about mechanical systems or CAD specific topics.
simonw 11y ago
You mean like these? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_machinery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_ma...
kragen 11y ago
I, too, would like to see Wikipedia expand its abilities to present animations of mechanical machinery. We need to recruit and retain awesome contributors like Prof. Nguyen, and we have social problems that currently make that difficult. However, I don't think that reducing our anime coverage would help us toward that goal.

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Seeing this leaves me incredibly dissatisfied with the state of Wikipedia. This is what it should be about. Using rich media to explain and fascinate. Instea

by brador 11y ago

adamnemecek 11y ago
You have to remember that anyone can write (maybe not write well, but can write). Not too many people can use AutoCAD and ever fewer have enough knowledge to be pumping out one a day like this guy.
- brador 11y ago
  Imagine if wiki spent their money on building tools to allow people to create multimedia content for the site. AutoCAD models are an extreme case, but how about a tool to make quick vector drawings, or a tool to make flow charts to explain complex concepts. All right there in the wiki interface. All super easy to use. 10x-ing content creation.
  - exodust 11y ago
    Your Anime example presents a problem. Anime can't be whipped up quickly with such tools, or it would be low quality. And to get past the rights issues with including fine examples of Anime on Wikipedia, would be an uphill battle. I sort of understand what you're saying, but Wikipedia is only part of the puzzle of information. That's why we have the "Internet"! It's perfectly fine to link out to Youtube videos or channels from a Wikipedia page about mechanical systems or CAD specific topics.
simonw 11y ago
You mean like these? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_machinery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_ma...
kragen 11y ago
I, too, would like to see Wikipedia expand its abilities to present animations of mechanical machinery. We need to recruit and retain awesome contributors like Prof. Nguyen, and we have social problems that currently make that difficult. However, I don't think that reducing our anime coverage would help us toward that goal.