User:Erkan Yilmaz/observations/2011 November

observations from Erkan Yilmaz for 2011 November

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2011 November 3 - More than a page? Forget it, won't work for most people... or?
Had a small thought which I want to note down first + think more about it...


 * (First there was Wikipedia
 * no, there was WikiWikiWeb first
 * ok, enough of that :-) )
 * so... before WV came into play there was Wikibooks (WB)
 * what has WB to do with WV? at begin we had many discussions why forces are split into WV instead helping WB
 * one argument for WV was its primary research possibility
 * anyways: those discussions reminded me of WB's situation + WV (triggered by my first edit from today)
 * question: How evolved is Wikibooks (WB) - in let's say - terms of contribution now?
 * from my last interactions: not so far evolved
 * todo: look for activity numbers, my interactions may be too old
 * (next question after finishing todo: why did WB not achieve/get more activity?)


 * I'll jump over some mind steps now:
 * hypothesis: any activity involving more than "a page" is too long for editors (familiar with some big wikis - I won't say names now)?
 * you know people find always excuses like: work, family, edit wars, ...
 * so... learning itself will definitely be >1 page (if I may say it in this analogy)
 * 2013-09-23: this sentence is wrong: learning can happen at any size, it may perhaps be true when one sees from the POV of a person who wants to create learning material for others, though not necessarily
 * or to speak with Wikibooks: a book >1 page

so, and now I am thinking...

