Re:Wikipedia is not so great, and is overrated
by kurtreed on Sunday December 11, 2022 @11:00AM
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I think the GitHub-style wiki he talked about has existed already:
It's founded by those behind LocalWiki.
> Encycla isn't quite a wiki, instead, it's sort of a 'next generation' wiki. Unlike a traditional wiki site, where everyone edits a single page, on Encycla, each user maintains their own personal copy of a page, and changes are suggested (pulled) between pages.
> It can come in a format similar to GitHub where anyone can present in their preferred version of a subject instead of edit-warring at a small point, and if version is good enough then they can be merged/pushed/vouched by other users to work upon and goes to the top in ranks.
It will always lead to the same sort of supposed systemic biases regardless of the system, because so much content is based on subjective judgement calls at the end of it (IE, who decides what is "good enough?"). In other words, there will be another anecdotal thread about the future Github-style wiki and all of it's problems and drama.