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> Can you imagine if, every time something new happened in Syria, Wikipedia published a new Syria page, and in order to understand the bigger picture, you had t
by sdkmvx 11y ago
> Can you imagine if, every time something new happened in Syria, Wikipedia published a new Syria page, and in order to understand the bigger picture, you had to manually sift through hundreds of pages with overlapping information?
That is exactly what Wikipedia does. It works well because most readers are not looking in an encyclopedia for information on yesterday's events.
Likewise inverted pyramid works well because it simultaneously satisfies the needs of new readers who need the most important details at the top and repeat readers who can quickly scan the short paragraphs for new information. I despise new-style live streaming because it is so awkward to read; I have to read backwards, bottom-to-top, and the most important details are often in the middle.
- sparkzilla 11y agoOne of the major problem with Wikipedia is that it acts like a book on the web, rather than a database. It is impossible to search the content of articles and meta data on the actual content is practically non-existent. This means you can't sort or filter the pages. The live-streams you have read so far are very messy -- as they should be due to the nature of breaking news -- but there are other hybrids that fit between Wikipedia and news that can work well for most readers.