User:Dantman/Wikia projects ideal


 * Notes
 * This is just pulled from an IRC conversation so I can use the information here later.

[00:36:59]  give me an example of a term whose needs of definition is general enough (and great enough) so multiple wikis would want to have a blue link for it [00:37:01]  but [00:37:17]  that the WP article is overly general [00:38:04]  I mean "but that teh WP article is too general and not tailored to the common interesteds of the multiple wikis" [00:38:05]  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Fi [00:39:02]  how about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_genre [00:40:06]  What about it? [00:40:41]  use that to explain sci-fi [00:42:19]  Still not talored... That explains what "Science fiction" is, but not what it means to Anime, Manga, etc... [00:43:47]  And I've seen multiple wiki define something like "Anime" on their wiki because they don't want to use a WP article on a term closely related to them [00:47:47]  Then there's companies like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandai_Visual [00:48:13]  Wikia has a number of wiki on series made by that company [00:48:34]  Every wiki isn't going to go and redefine the company over and over... [00:48:49]  But they wouldn't want to link to a WP article [00:49:40]  The WP article is nice, and it does have a list of series... But you link to it, and it doesn't link back... That list links to WP articles on the subject, not to the wiki providing detail [00:50:45]  The issue with WP articles is that the community of the wiki linking to them has no control over the content, and while that's ok for the overly general things like [[wp:Tokyo ]], it's not something you would want for common terms which are common and closely related. [00:51:59] Dantman should probably save this into that Ideal page he was thinking of creating to explain the general viewpoint and purpose...