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Agree very strongly. I have been attacked multiple times on wikipedia trying to add useful information. Even when I cite all the rules and how I am following t

by grecy 9y ago

Agree very strongly. I have been attacked multiple times on wikipedia trying to add useful information. Even when I cite all the rules and how I am following them, my edits get reversed "because". I run a separate wiki, and many, many people are hesitant to contribute because they think wikis suck because of bad experiences with the politics of wikipedia.

belorn 9y ago
Imagine a Wikiepdia that had a similar upvote, flag, and moderator (admin) system as HN and where edits had to have positive number of votes (majority vote) in order to be visible. I wonder if such experience of editing would be better or worse. My guess is that you can't avoid the political nature of collaborative website where users can impact other users contributions.
- detaro 9y ago
  Stackoverflow works a bit like this.
  - Silhouette 9y ago
    Stack Overflow seems to suffer from a similar problem where an "in crowd" have started enforcing rather draconian technicalities on contributions and thus deterring potential new contributors.
    - Pamar 9y ago
      On the main site (Stack Overflow) I managed to avoid any problems with my contributions. On at least one of the "niche sites" (Role playing games) I had a much less pleasant experience. The moderators are IMHO way too draconian in making everyone stick to the letter of the rules, which is a bit silly considering that while Stack Overflow is intended to be a _professional_ resource, I doubt that anyone career is at a stake if they use advice from a fellow gamer in their next game.
      - Silhouette 9y ago
        The problem is that whether a contribution is accepted sometimes seems to be more about luck than merit. I have lost count of how many times I have searched for an answer to a technical question on a specialised subject, found a question on SO that was very close to mine, optimistically opened the page, and then found it was closed on some entirely incorrect basis by multiple users, who apparently didn't even understand the question, before any answers could be offered.

by grecy 9y ago

belorn 9y ago

Imagine a Wikiepdia that had a similar upvote, flag, and moderator (admin) system as HN and where edits had to have positive number of votes (majority vote) in order to be visible. I wonder if such experience of editing would be better or worse. My guess is that you can't avoid the political nature of collaborative website where users can impact other users contributions.

detaro 9y ago
Stackoverflow works a bit like this.
- Silhouette 9y ago
  Stack Overflow seems to suffer from a similar problem where an "in crowd" have started enforcing rather draconian technicalities on contributions and thus deterring potential new contributors.
  - Pamar 9y ago
    On the main site (Stack Overflow) I managed to avoid any problems with my contributions. On at least one of the "niche sites" (Role playing games) I had a much less pleasant experience. The moderators are IMHO way too draconian in making everyone stick to the letter of the rules, which is a bit silly considering that while Stack Overflow is intended to be a _professional_ resource, I doubt that anyone career is at a stake if they use advice from a fellow gamer in their next game.
    - Silhouette 9y ago
      The problem is that whether a contribution is accepted sometimes seems to be more about luck than merit. I have lost count of how many times I have searched for an answer to a technical question on a specialised subject, found a question on SO that was very close to mine, optimistically opened the page, and then found it was closed on some entirely incorrect basis by multiple users, who apparently didn't even understand the question, before any answers could be offered.