Comments on: Google Knols for Your Wikipedia Needs? http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/12/google_knols_for_your_wikipedi/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:45 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alvin http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/12/google_knols_for_your_wikipedi/comment-page-1/#comment-5278 Alvin Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:30:39 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2007/12/15/google_knols_for_your_wikipedi.html#comment-5278 <p>aww cool. Can't wait. I say we all take this time to celebrate Google's new website by vandalizing every page on wikipedia :D LoL! That's who's cool ever does to Wikipedia anyway. Why would you contribute to a website that you get no credit for. Not only are the contributors nerds, but their stupid.</p> aww cool. Can’t wait. I say we all take this time to celebrate Google’s new website by vandalizing every page on wikipedia :D LoL! That’s who’s cool ever does to Wikipedia anyway. Why would you contribute to a website that you get no credit for. Not only are the contributors nerds, but their stupid.

]]> By: pfctdayelise http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/12/google_knols_for_your_wikipedi/comment-page-1/#comment-5277 pfctdayelise Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:31:02 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2007/12/15/google_knols_for_your_wikipedi.html#comment-5277 <p>Sounds like "Google does Everything2" to me, rather than "Google does Wikipedia".</p> <p>Two things are going to stay in Wikipedia's favour:<br /> * It's free content. anyone can use it. no word on what the licensing scheme for Knols will be.<br /> * It has a neutral point of view (NPOV) policy, which is precisely what makes it so useful on popular and controversial topics.</p> Sounds like “Google does Everything2″ to me, rather than “Google does Wikipedia”.

Two things are going to stay in Wikipedia’s favour:
* It’s free content. anyone can use it. no word on what the licensing scheme for Knols will be.
* It has a neutral point of view (NPOV) policy, which is precisely what makes it so useful on popular and controversial topics.

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