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> Thank god Wikimedia isn’t run like Stack Overflow.

I wonder why didn't Wikimedia have a stackoverflow-like site before stackoverflow.

There's a lot of nuance to how SO and other sites they run work. Turning programmer focused FAQs into a collaborative site was the route it kind of had to take.

Reading through the joelonsoftware blog was kind of eyeopening, since I didn't know he was one of its creators.

Yet, now that stackoverflow is becoming increasingly hostile to their contributors, I think it would be a good moment to the Wikimedia folks to venture in this area.

I take it you haven't had to deal with many mods on Wikipedia.

Depends on who's fiefdom you encroach upon (and language version). I think SO "culture" is more equalized, even among multiple tags.

> I didn't know he was one of its creators

This comment just made me feel old :-)

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