David_Gerard comments on META: application for adminship on the wiki - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 01 May 2011 10:46:00AM 2 points [-]

But it doesn't automatically mean it doesn't. Note that WP, like LW, is largely populated by huge nerds who like detail and getting things right. I suspect there's more for LW wiki to learn from WP than most wikis would have to learn from it. I could be wrong, of course., this is personal surmise rather than experience.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 01 May 2011 11:00:17AM 3 points [-]

Comparison with Wikipedia is difficult, as there is a crucial difference that Wikipedia has a huge number of contributors, as the world's Schelling point for collecting facts.