Comments on: Update on Wikia – doing more of what’s working http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/ Free knowledge for free minds Sat, 29 May 2010 18:20:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Google Gurus http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-833 Google Gurus Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:50:28 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-833 I, like many others, am saddened by the loss of wikia search, bring it back please! Again, I agree with others in saying that I think it was a marketing issue more than anything as whenever I mentioned wikia search to any of my friends or family for the first time, I was usually met with a puzzled look because they hadn't heard of it. I think given time, and with a bit of marketing and promotion, it would have caught on. I sincerely hope you can find the budget to bring it back in the future, for the good of the world wide web. I, like many others, am saddened by the loss of wikia search, bring it back please! Again, I agree with others in saying that I think it was a marketing issue more than anything as whenever I mentioned wikia search to any of my friends or family for the first time, I was usually met with a puzzled look because they hadn’t heard of it. I think given time, and with a bit of marketing and promotion, it would have caught on. I sincerely hope you can find the budget to bring it back in the future, for the good of the world wide web.

]]> By: ElisabethA http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-534 ElisabethA Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:25:54 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-534 A simple idea. I am a mathematics teacher. I try to use the Web in my course and I meet problems with "games - sex - mistakes". One way of avoiding such problems is the use of a dedicated search engine that shows only labeled contents. The teachers submit themselves (and only teachers) sites whose contents are tested. We need also a dedicated web browser that prohibits the changings in urls memorised in the browser. I'm going to ask my supervisors for getting such tools. What is your idea about that. Sorry for my english but I am not native (I am french) Elisabeth A simple idea.

I am a mathematics teacher. I try to use the Web in my course and I meet problems with “games – sex – mistakes”.

One way of avoiding such problems is the use of a dedicated search engine that shows only labeled contents.
The teachers submit themselves (and only teachers) sites whose contents are tested.
We need also a dedicated web browser that prohibits the changings in urls memorised in the browser.

I’m going to ask my supervisors for getting such tools.

What is your idea about that.

Sorry for my english but I am not native (I am french)

Elisabeth

]]> By: Liliana http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-360 Liliana Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:17:27 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-360 Yep, that was done today. :) CC-BY-SA is showing all over Wikia now. Yep, that was done today. :) CC-BY-SA is showing all over Wikia now.

]]> By: fatheadsuk http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-354 fatheadsuk Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:07:02 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-354 Sad stuff indeed, twitter's growth is immense to say the least, but it is a shame if other projects do not have such exponential growth they are seen as not as important! Sad stuff indeed, twitter’s growth is immense to say the least, but it is a shame if other projects do not have such exponential growth they are seen as not as important!

]]> By: Weevil http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-353 Weevil Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:09:34 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-353 Too bad about the project, I hope one day it will return (with a vengeance!) in even better and faster shape. For now I'm sticking with ixquick and scroogle although I have to admit that for truly efficienct searches Google's still number 1... or at least feels like it. Wishing you best of luck in current & future projects :) Too bad about the project, I hope one day it will return (with a vengeance!) in even better and faster shape. For now I’m sticking with ixquick and scroogle although I have to admit that for truly efficienct searches Google’s still number 1… or at least feels like it.

Wishing you best of luck in current & future projects :)

]]> By: Lukas http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-350 Lukas Sat, 30 May 2009 10:41:26 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-350 From my point of view, it is a bad and regrettable decision to discontinue Wikia Search. This was a bold project with high potential, but needed time to develop and gain momentum. Also, it is a fascinating experiment to see whether a community-based, editable search engine might work and in which ways results differ from other websearch approaches. From my point of view, it is a bad and regrettable decision to discontinue Wikia Search. This was a bold project with high potential, but needed time to develop and gain momentum. Also, it is a fascinating experiment to see whether a community-based, editable search engine might work and in which ways results differ from other websearch approaches.

]]> By: Mariano http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-347 Mariano Wed, 27 May 2009 04:47:00 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-347 sorry for mi English. I´m very, very sad about this news... Open source software gives me hope for the future. I see it as an example and inspiration for all disciplines. When I first enter wikia alpha version I was exited but it was very confusing so decided to wait for the natural changes to come with an open source search engine. Today I decided that I was going to use it any way as mi default Search engine because i´m getting really bad vibes from google, and now I found this... ...so sad, so sad. sorry for mi English.
I´m very, very sad about this news…
Open source software gives me hope for the future. I see it as an example and inspiration for all disciplines.
When I first enter wikia alpha version I was exited but it was very confusing so decided to wait for the natural changes to come with an open source search engine. Today I decided that I was going to use it any way as mi default Search engine because i´m getting really bad vibes from google, and now I found this…
…so sad, so sad.

]]> By: mark from austria http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-344 mark from austria Mon, 25 May 2009 08:00:34 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-344 in bad english i'm sad. first i here from wikisearch was march 2009 and now, its gone. yes twitter traffic explode, but i here from twitter first in december 2008 and i see more twitter marketing in tv, in newspaper etc. i talk with friends nobody nows wikisearch,but the would use it. it is a marketing problem, i think wikiserch will work,but with less money you need more marketing time :-) in bad english

i’m sad. first i here from wikisearch was march 2009 and now, its gone.
yes twitter traffic explode, but i here from twitter first in december 2008 and i see more twitter marketing in tv, in newspaper etc.
i talk with friends nobody nows wikisearch,but the would use it.
it is a marketing problem, i think wikiserch will work,but with less money you need more marketing time :-)

]]> By: selecta http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-339 selecta Fri, 22 May 2009 19:46:47 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-339 bad news... wrong decision i believe the closing of wikia :( more search engines =/ free web / less search engines =/ unfree web more good search engines better web / less good search engines worst web bad news… wrong decision i believe the closing of wikia :(

more search engines =/ free web / less search engines =/ unfree web
more good search engines better web / less good search engines worst web

]]> By: sad ex-user http://blog.jimmywales.com/2009/03/31/update-on-wikia/#comment-336 sad ex-user Wed, 20 May 2009 15:47:33 +0000 http://blog.jimmywales.com/?p=44#comment-336 There my favorite search engine went... I've to weep about it here, express my sadness about it. Don't distract me from my sadness with that (relatively) dispensable "wikia answers" toy. "In a different economy, we would continue to fund Wikia Search" - It's a shame. Thought I see another step into that brighter future with that different economy when Wikia Search entered my life... Hoping for this thing to rebirth and live on somewhere... Jimbo - can you maybe keep us up to date on after death life of this idea? There my favorite search engine went…
I’ve to weep about it here, express my sadness about it.
Don’t distract me from my sadness with that (relatively) dispensable “wikia answers” toy.

“In a different economy, we would continue to fund Wikia Search” – It’s a shame. Thought I see another step into that brighter future with that different economy when Wikia Search entered my life…

Hoping for this thing to rebirth and live on somewhere…
Jimbo – can you maybe keep us up to date on after death life of this idea?

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