[Search-l] Simpy Chichimichi - "Wikia Search - Not Happening"

[Keith Botley]

> I advise everyone who thinks this is going to be a hell of a lot of fun, 
> turning the entire industry upside down... to do the same.  :)
>
> I'd kick him off the list, but that's not my style.  A few critics 
> around to stir the stew can keep us on our toes as we move forward.
>
> --Jimbo


You have to give Seth credit for keeping a dying mailing list alive. He has
provided some informative posts related to what others are saying about
wikia search and certainly hasn't posted anything that deserves a punt from
the list. 

This was my first attempt to join a community driven development project. I
was intrigued because of the value that Wikipedia provides to the web at
large and that the founder of Wikipedia was involved to make search a
community driven process.

My question is what and who is the "us" that JW refers to above? I thought
that the whole idea was to be transparent and bring together a community of
technology experts. 

< The project is going full speed ahead.

Sounds like smoke and mirrors to me, based on what I have to go on. It
appears that Wikia Search is falling faster than Brady Quinn in the NFL
draft and unless I can get concrete information that wikia search is
actually going full speed ahead a certain amount of skepticism is in order. 

I'll probably get kicked for this ;-(

Keith Botley