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redd@discuss.tchncs.de to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That’s Only About Roads (gizmodo.com)

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Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That’s Only About Roads (gizmodo.com)

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Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That’s Only About Roads
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A group of Wikipedia editors wrote 15,000 articles on US roads and highways. But after a fight over the platform's rules, they went rogue.

https://wiki.aaroads.com/

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    Good luck creating video game characters and items pages on Wikipedia instead of using a seperate wiki.

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      Good luck creating video game characters and items pages on Wikipedia instead of using a seperate wiki.

      Like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Strife or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crono?

      Seems to be possible but those are backed up by 3rd party citations.

      • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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        Nah, not like that.

        Like this:

        https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Sergeant_RL-3

        https://minecraft.wiki/w/Amethyst_Shard

        Wikipedia is indeed a place to collect factual information but their scope has limitations to it.

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          Like this:

          https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Sergeant_RL-3

          https://minecraft.wiki/w/Amethyst_Shard

          You mean where the sole citations are the game itself and the official game guide? I wrote “backed up by 3rd party citations” for a reason.

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