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Google wants a slice of the Wikipedia-pie and decides to build it's own

http://knol.google.com/


seriously, do we need another wiki?

some people around here need one to quote more "sources"

MKJ wrote:we need another wiki?

if google can capitalize on the shortcomings of the original then yes

wikipedia falls short often enough to be considered a weak if not unacceptable source in most of academia.
if the google implementation is based on the same principles, i don't really know how it's going to be any better.

i wonder how long it's going to be in beta mode, like google mail

and this is pointless...

it's search sucks like rain on a wedding day.

Underpants? wrote:wikipedia falls short often enough to be considered a weak if not unacceptable source in most of academia.
if the google implementation is based on the same principles, i don't really know how it's going to be any better.

i don't think wikipedia is really aimed at an academic audience [/understatementofthedecade]

it's for people who want a quick answer to one of those kinds of questions that come up randomly, like "what's the capital of suriname?" or "what's that condition called when you only have one testicle?"

^ lol

the only thing i like about wikipedia is that most of the pictures posted on the pages are a decently high resolution

Underpants? wrote:wikipedia falls short often enough to be considered a weak if not unacceptable source in most of academia.
if the google implementation is based on the same principles, i don't really know how it's going to be any better.

They're trying to counter this through accountability. It's not an "encyclopedia that anyone can edit", it's an encyclopedia that only certain people who are experts in their field and have been verified as such can edit.

At the moment it's pretty loaded down with medical articles which I guess could have been expected due to its focus, but I don't think we'll be seeing any 2,000 word articles on Weezer's Pork and Beans single on it any time soon.

wikipedia is also the best math resource on the web