Revisiting the Wikipedia Conversation
August 8, 2006
There's been an interesting wave of news since my anti-Wikipedia roundup recently, most notably Jimmy Wales' comments about the evolution of the community. This is an IDG article on his statements, but it seems to be sourced from the AP story that appeared everywhere, including Wired, pegged to the beginning of the Wikimania conference.
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There's a relatively easy fix for Wikipedia that would improve quality and accuracy while reducing controversy: limit article length.
Wikipedia is not expected to be the definitive, comprehensive source of information. As articles become longer, controversy, mistakes and deterioration are introduced.
Limiting article length would in no way compromise the ideals of Wikipedia.