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Comparing wikipedia to openstreetmap, it seems to be a community problem, not a software problem. An open structure means that you have to watch what others ar
by phicoh 11y ago
Comparing wikipedia to openstreetmap, it seems to be a community problem, not a software problem.
An open structure means that you have to watch what others are doing constantly. But that doesn't explain the huge number of stories where reasonable edits are reverted. That can only happen because the wikipedia (editor) community is ok with that.
My conclusion is that wikipedia forgot to redefine itself. Originally, wikipedia was a summary based on existing literature. But pretty soon users took wikipedia way beyond that. Using it to document stuff, instead of summarising stuff documented else where.
Most wikis are a tool to collectively create documentation. And somehow wikipedia is stuck in older world, and not what most wikipedia users expect it to be.
My conclusion, until the project reforms and allows original content, I won't contribute.