Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Started/@comment-24398890-20140120193412/@comment-5785681-20140120215449

I have a question about this, too. It seems that once-upon-a-time, Wiki had a policy of non-duplication of wikis that basically do the same thing, cover the same ground, are in the same language, etc. A policy actually is in place that suggests that someone who wants to create a new wiki within an existing wiki fandom, find a sub-niche and fill it, thereby expanding the knowledge base for all. That makes sense to me, yet I see over and over again, wikis established that are indeed duplicate wikis of something that already exists, has active members, is growing in numbers and doing well. Why is this? It seems that instead of promoting existing wikis to that are grounded and fulfilling the needs of many, wiki now seeks to generate revenue by having multiple wikis on the same topic. Am I misunderstanding the philosophy? Has it changed and if so, why does policy still reflect the no-duplication idea? Thanks. Luxartisan (talk) 21:54, January 20, 2014 (UTC)