Comments on: Google taking on Wikipedia? http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/14/google-taking-on-wikipedia/ Kevin Dangoor on Software Development Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ian Bicking http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/14/google-taking-on-wikipedia/#comment-207682 Ian Bicking Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:16:39 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/14/google-taking-on-wikipedia/#comment-207682 Interesting; there's a lot of information that really isn't appropriate for Wikipedia, and building communities around subtopics where you can go into more depth is hard. OTOH, something like "Insomnia" (their example) *is* an excellent candidate for Wikipedia. As is any general topic that isn't timely, as the collective management of the topic is what makes the initial investment really worth it (at least for anyone who has gained the humility to realize that they can't indefinitely maintain much content). And for smaller topics there is always blogs. Hmm... I think I've pretty much talked myself out of Knol. Interesting; there’s a lot of information that really isn’t appropriate for Wikipedia, and building communities around subtopics where you can go into more depth is hard. OTOH, something like “Insomnia” (their example) *is* an excellent candidate for Wikipedia. As is any general topic that isn’t timely, as the collective management of the topic is what makes the initial investment really worth it (at least for anyone who has gained the humility to realize that they can’t indefinitely maintain much content).

And for smaller topics there is always blogs.

Hmm… I think I’ve pretty much talked myself out of Knol.

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