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-Do you
have a plan
to merge your content
with wikipedia to colaborate with them
instead of duplicating efforts? --JuanGarcia
+Recently there
have been some questions raised about the nature of the WlugWiki
to Wikipedia (and I guess by extension most other Wiki's on the internet) and why we don't "
merge with wikipedia instead of duplicating efforts".
-No. Wikipedia
is Wikipedia and
the WlugWiki is
the WlugWiki. Do you have
a problem with
that? Noone is making you visit the WlugWiki if you only want to visit
Wikipedia. --AristotlePagaltzis
+Our answer
is, that
the WlugWiki has quite different aims to Wikipedia. basically Wikipedia aims to be an authorative reference for all things while
the WlugWiki is intended as a repository of knowledge of WLUG members and particpants
. As such it contains
a lot of unsubstantiated claims and opinions
that would not be possible on a site like
Wikipedia.
-Why do you want
to waste your time and
resources duplicating wikipedia efforts for universal content?
-If there's any reason why WlugWiki articles are superior to wikipedia ones just integrate that modifications in wikipedia to be able to cooperate more efficiently. --JuanGarcia
-
-Sigh. The content on this wiki is a reflection of the experiences of WLUG members. It contains a lot of opinion and unsubstantiated claims that are not written in the "neutral voice" for wikipedia. Wikipedia is an excellent resource, but it is not the only place to put user-added content. Some of the stuff here is also only relevant to a relatively small group of people,
such as "people who know Perry" or "people who live in NZ and run freebsd". Obviously people who contribute stuff here don't feel that they are wasting their time. -- JohnMcPherson
-
-OK, I see. The content of WlugWiki is localized and not neutral. Could you state that WlugWiki is not neutral so external users don't get confused when reading WlugWiki? Just add that explanation to the home page or maybe at the footer of every page. --JuanGarcia
-
-Why? Has someone been confused? What obligation are we under to protect them
from their dim wit when they don't apply appropriate judgement about stuff they read ''on the IntarWeb''? Did someone sign a contract I don't know of? What do you ultimately want to achieve? And why do you think your goals coincide with
the WlugWiki's contributors'?
If you don't, what makes your goals so compelling in your opinion that we will want to accept them? How would you react if I went to Wikipedia and started trashing articles and linking them to pages on here saying "linked to WlugWiki for more efficient cooperation"? Please get some social skills before coming back. --AristotlePagaltzis
-
-Dear Mr JuanGarcia, can I also point out (in addition to Aristotle's comments) that the bottom of every
page of this site, does currently state
that WLUG can offer no assurances that the content is correct as it is added by users. That fact in itself woudl prevent me
from adding any of this content to
a supposedly authorative site such as
Wikipedia. I realise that you may be a Wikipedia fan boy and may have invested a lot of time and effort into the site, but please realise that not every site on the Internet shares Wikipedia's goals. Coming
to our site and immediately requesting that we remove all our content and
add it to Wikipedia not only demonstrates your complete lack of understanding as to the goals of the site, but is just plain rude
. Kind Regards -- MattBrown
-
-In general, if we can link to a Wikipedia article, we do. -- CraigBox
-
-Wikipedia has a different goal to WLUG. Wikipedia is a reference of the what and why. WLUG is how. We have documents explaining what error messages mean and how to resolve them, and how to set up various services as well as tricks and traps. Mostly with a System administration bias. We have a lot of pages like Slackware that just talk about Slackware, but they are mostly there as a quick overview ("What is this slackware thing?") and to provide links to related content either external (such as wikipedia) or internal (mostly through backlinks). A good example of this is the [Ubuntu] Wiki page which has some notes on what Ubuntu is, some links to some external content, some internal content, but looking at the backlinks you can easily see there is probably even more Ubuntu content around. I'd suggest adding ~WikiPedia:Page_name links to pages if there exists Wikipedia content for people who want a more indepth description -- PerryLorier
+In general we try and link
to external
resources (
such as Wikipedia) where appropriate
from pages within
the WlugWiki.
If you see a
page that could benefit
from a new
Wikipedia link feel free
to add it.
