Comments on: Wikipedia is hard to use. WTF Search. http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/ Harper Reed: Software, PHP, MySQL, XMPP, Hacking, Baphomet Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3-9889 hourly 1 By: Julie http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10778 Julie Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:26:10 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10778 Harper, I do believe that you're totally a librarian. version 2.0 of course [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0]. Harper, I do believe that you’re totally a librarian.

version 2.0 of course [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_2.0].

]]> By: Harper http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10625 Harper Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:27:55 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10625 Of course.. nothing is perfect. The difference is that I know my site looks poor and that the nav is probably rough. But unlike wikipedia - i am not trying to make people think that i am an actual competitor in the content market. My site is just a blog. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that is attempting to beat out such people as WorldBook (my former employer where I WAS attempting to solve the problems I am bitching about) and Britannica. One of my biggest gripes is that they are attempting to be an educational site without actually doing the work that other competing and much smaller sites do to be usable by people who are not web professionals. Also.. ;) I am updating and fixing my site constantly. Wikipedia hasn't changed any of the parts I have complained about in the time I have made a bundle of sites, redid my blog 4 times and had 2 jobs. So I will stop when they get better ;) Of course.. nothing is perfect.

The difference is that I know my site looks poor and that the nav is probably rough. But unlike wikipedia - i am not trying to make people think that i am an actual competitor in the content market. My site is just a blog. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that is attempting to beat out such people as WorldBook (my former employer where I WAS attempting to solve the problems I am bitching about) and Britannica. One of my biggest gripes is that they are attempting to be an educational site without actually doing the work that other competing and much smaller sites do to be usable by people who are not web professionals.

Also.. ;) I am updating and fixing my site constantly. Wikipedia hasn’t changed any of the parts I have complained about in the time I have made a bundle of sites, redid my blog 4 times and had 2 jobs.

So I will stop when they get better ;)

]]> By: Josh http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10575 Josh Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:58:09 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10575 Hey, Harper. I like your blog, but you really shouldn't be complaining about the navigation of a site if your own site has worse navigation. Still, I understand your point was Wikipedia needs improvement. Every site needs improvement in some way. Nothing is perfect. Not even Google. Hey, Harper. I like your blog, but you really shouldn’t be complaining about the navigation of a site if your own site has worse navigation. Still, I understand your point was Wikipedia needs improvement. Every site needs improvement in some way. Nothing is perfect. Not even Google.

]]> By: Wiki Lover http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10061 Wiki Lover Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:27:10 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-10061 Maybe try using google as your layer of abstraction to search wiki. Then again I don't have problems searching wiki for what I'm looking for.... Maybe try using google as your layer of abstraction to search wiki. Then again I don’t have problems searching wiki for what I’m looking for….

]]> By: Torley http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-9000 Torley Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:23:27 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-9000 That's a really great point, and one I was gonna blog about myself — but I won't now, because you phrased it so well. It's the oddest stumbling block that Wikipedia's search is so challenging, ugh. It's not forgiving at all with misspellings, and reference materials should be convenient to access. That’s a really great point, and one I was gonna blog about myself — but I won’t now, because you phrased it so well. It’s the oddest stumbling block that Wikipedia’s search is so challenging, ugh. It’s not forgiving at all with misspellings, and reference materials should be convenient to access.

]]> By: dylan http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-8907 dylan Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:28:58 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2006/10/31/wikipedia-is-hard-to-use-wtf-search/#comment-8907 nerd nerd

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