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Google already makes billions from Wikipedia. The problem with kicking money back is that nothing goes to the contributors, but to the useless Wikimedia Foundat

• eru 12y ago
  You can try to fork Wikipedia. The content is all available, all you need is a bunch of servers; then you can convince the contributors to come over.
  • sparkzilla 12y ago
    I don't think it is possible to make "the next Wikipedia" from a fork. It's easier and cheaper to remake the data so that it works right from the get go. Best to start fresh. If the data is better then the contributors will come over anyway.
    • mcv 12y ago
      I think you missed his point about the servers.
    • eru 12y ago
      > It's easier and cheaper to remake the data so that it works right from the get go. Could you please explain? I don't understand how the data (ie all the articles) would weigh one down. Wikipedia as an organization has some cultural issues that one might want to fix. I don't really see a problem with the data that would warrant starting from scratch. (Starting from scratch might be necessary to fix the culture. But that's another argument to make.)
      • sparkzilla 12y ago
        The problem is that the data has so many errors and inconsistencies it would actually take much longer to fix them than to start fresh. There is also the problem that Wikipedia data is based on pages (each page is an article). Using a smaller data type would allow for features like sorting and filtering the data on the page. I am working on these issue on my own site. As for the culture: that will not change. The culture follows the software design. You can read a deeper analysis here: http://newslines.org/blog/wikipedias-13-deadly-sins/ http://newslines.org/blog/wikipedias-13-deadly-sins/