[Search-l] Mini articles again II

Balinny balinny at gmail.com
Thu Jan 10 13:24:57 UTC 2008


BobKazoogie wrote:
> I've been thinking about the concept of mini articles. They can be a very useful addition but I see quite a few problems:
> 1. They're prone to spam if there isn't a giant community watching them. I doubt that this project can gather that many people in the near future to sufficiently guard these articles. This may be even harder for articles in languages other than english.
> 2. Why reinvent the wheel? As I've stated, parts of existing Wikipedia articles could serve the purpose as well.
>
> My proposal:
> I don't know if it's possible or desired but...
> I imagine a new tab on Wikipedia that says "mini article" right beside the "article" tab. This is solely for an abstract version of the article including a few really important links. These mini articles could then be imported to Wikia search.
>   
Not hard to do. The problem is that Wikipedia is a different project.
A user JS adding the option to export for Wikia Search could be done, 
though.



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