Comments on: The future of h2g2 http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/384 The web and stuff Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Currybet http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/384/comment-page-1#comment-1357 Currybet Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:15:07 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50283#comment-1357 <strong>h2g2 and Wikipedia</strong> Frankie Roberto's post about the future of h2g2 pointed me in the direction of this article about the site's future, which includes some points about what the differences are between h2g2 and Wikipedia... h2g2 and Wikipedia

Frankie Roberto’s post about the future of h2g2 pointed me in the direction of this article about the site’s future, which includes some points about what the differences are between h2g2 and Wikipedia…

]]> By: E http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/384/comment-page-1#comment-1353 E Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:15:27 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50283#comment-1353 The trouble is that it's a lot easier to state facts in a relatively readable way than it is to be funny or clever, so a project like Wikipedia has that on it's side. The two fundamental problems though are the site design and lack of google penetration. And that most of the articles are written by people called "CRZZZYGURL17". Communities are all well and good but I think Wikipedia have the right idea of tucking it all away behind the scenes. Better to do one thing really well than to try and do lots of things not so well at the same time for no good reason. On that thread about it's future someone bangs on about it being great because nowhere else offers the same combination, but nowhere else needs to, IT'S ON THE INTERNET. The trouble is that it’s a lot easier to state facts in a relatively readable way than it is to be funny or clever, so a project like Wikipedia has that on it’s side.

The two fundamental problems though are the site design and lack of google penetration. And that most of the articles are written by people called “CRZZZYGURL17″. Communities are all well and good but I think Wikipedia have the right idea of tucking it all away behind the scenes.

Better to do one thing really well than to try and do lots of things not so well at the same time for no good reason. On that thread about it’s future someone bangs on about it being great because nowhere else offers the same combination, but nowhere else needs to, IT’S ON THE INTERNET.

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