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→What does it mean that "WikiIndex is not an encyclopedia"?: Mostly it means that this is a community of wiki people writing about wiki. Wiki was around for 6-7 years before Wikipedia and MediaWiki - Wiki is not defined by Wikipedia, it is the other
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An index tends to be boring reading, even though it may lead you in the direction of interesting content. An encyclopedia tends to be more interesting reading, as there is a lot to explore without needing to leave the encyclopedia. But both indexes and encyclopedias have their separate uses. Most of us come to wiki articles by means of Google, which is an index; and even wiki encyclopedias have their own indexes (e.g. categories). [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 15:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC) | An index tends to be boring reading, even though it may lead you in the direction of interesting content. An encyclopedia tends to be more interesting reading, as there is a lot to explore without needing to leave the encyclopedia. But both indexes and encyclopedias have their separate uses. Most of us come to wiki articles by means of Google, which is an index; and even wiki encyclopedias have their own indexes (e.g. categories). [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 15:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC) | ||
Mostly it means that this is a community of wiki people writing about wiki. Wiki was around for 6-7 years before Wikipedia and MediaWiki - Wiki is not defined by Wikipedia, it is the other way around. ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | |||