But the LW wiki is supposed to be (as I understand it) a place where people explain and combine academic work in certain fields.
The original purpose of the wiki was to describe the state of discussion or consensus on the blog. SingInst's recent edits (this year) might have shifted that a bit by adding some less LW-specific content to the wiki.
From the wiki's User Guide (linked from the sidebar on all pages):
The default workflow for putting content on this wiki is as follows:
- Idea for posting -> write post on the blog
- Notice something generally accepted on LW without a wiki page -> write wiki page
How can we incentivize more productive activity on the LW wiki? There are many articles that could be created or expanded.
Are there previous discussions on this?
One suggestion: We could add a "good explanation!" button at the bottom of each article, and every time it is clicked, the user account responsible for the plurality of words in the current draft of the article gets 10 karma points. This requires that LW and LW-wiki accounts be synced, first.
How can this suggestion be improved?
What other suggestions do people have?