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== What does it mean that "WikiIndex is not an encyclopedia"? == | == What does it mean that "WikiIndex is not an encyclopedia"? == | ||
Do you mean that it's not a general encyclopedia, or that it's not even an encyclopedia of wikis? When I think of an encyclopedia, I think of a site that, even though it may restrict its scope to certain topics, will cover those topics thoroughly (hence the name "encyclopedia"; "encyclopedic" mean "comprehensive in terms of information"). Wikipedia deletes a lot of articles for non-notability, but once it decides to have an article on a topic, it tends to go all-out; e.g. [[wp:White_%26_Nerdy#Music_video]] contains a lot of information that could be considered [[cruft]] (they've actually dialed it back a bit, because it used to contain even more information; but still, there's a lot of stuff there that could be considered trivia). | Do you mean that it's not a general encyclopedia, or that it's not even an encyclopedia of wikis? When I think of an encyclopedia, I think of a site that, even though it may restrict its scope to certain topics, will cover those topics thoroughly (hence the name "encyclopedia"; "encyclopedic" mean "comprehensive in terms of information"). Wikipedia deletes a lot of articles for non-notability, but once it decides to have an article on a topic, it tends to go all-out; e.g. [[wp:White_%26_Nerdy#Music_video]] contains a lot of information that could be considered [[cruft]] (they've actually dialed it back a bit, because it used to contain even more information; but still, there's a lot of stuff there that could be considered trivia). | ||
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This might not help :-) ... WikiIndex is a wiki of wiki. It is not an encyclopedia, it is not Wikipedia, it is a wiki. A wiki gets defined by the community. In my experience, any word on the wiki can be edited, talk page, account page, whatever. We are a wiki. We don't have a 'product' like Wikipedia. People working on the wiki are the value of the wiki. Best, [[MarkDilley]] | This might not help :-) ... WikiIndex is a wiki of wiki. It is not an encyclopedia, it is not Wikipedia, it is a wiki. A wiki gets defined by the community. In my experience, any word on the wiki can be edited, talk page, account page, whatever. We are a wiki. We don't have a 'product' like Wikipedia. People working on the wiki are the value of the wiki. Best, [[MarkDilley]] | ||
:"In my experience, any word on the wiki can be edited, talk page, account page, whatever." Speaking of which, do you think we can get the page unprotected? It was protected back in 2012, but semi-protection might suffice to keep the vandals at bay. Thanks. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 21:11, 12 May 2014 (UTC) | :"In my experience, any word on the wiki can be edited, talk page, account page, whatever." Speaking of which, do you think we can get the page unprotected? It was protected back in 2012, but semi-protection might suffice to keep the vandals at bay. Thanks. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 21:11, 12 May 2014 (UTC) | ||
::So the answer is . . . . there is no answer! :p It is basically a free for all! | |||
::I think the most sensible answer would be to create or amend articles here on WikiIndex as you see fit. If you are confident and competent with creating articles to an encyclopaedic standard, then go for it. I personally ''try'' to create encyclopaedic content, albeit using simple inline citations, see [[ARRSEPedia]] as an example. I will state we should not set any size limits to articles though. [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 22:18, 12 May 2014 (UTC) | |||