Vladimir_Nesov comments on Proposal: Use the Wiki for Concepts - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 April 2009 05:21AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 22 April 2009 01:53:53PM *  9 points [-]

Thanks for this reference. This concept is what I was going at at the IRC meetup. The main disagreement with Eliezer's model seems to be that he thinks that the blog posts still have to hold the majority of content, with wiki only referencing them with very short introductions, whereas I think that the wiki should grow into a thing in itself over time, converting the content of blog posts into wiki articles. Naturally, articles should be organized in a zoom-in manner, with few-sentences summary, then couple-paragraphs introduction, and only then full-length article. Each of the levels of detail are self-sufficient, and this is also a model implemented in Wikipedia.

The difference between Wikipedia and this CIA model you describe is that for Wikipedia, the original research is done anywhere, by the rest of the world, while for a thematic wiki, the original research is communicated and discussed on the associated blog. I'd like LW to embrace this model.

Comment author: ChrisHibbert 22 April 2009 04:54:00PM 1 point [-]

That penultimate line should say

while for a thematic wiki, the original research is communicated and discussed on the associated blog.

Shouldn't it?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 22 April 2009 04:57:12PM *  0 points [-]

Unambiguously. See also this follow-up comment.