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Meta Do we want a wiki (or similar) alongside Q&A?

I am not categorically opposed, but I currently don't see a use case for articles. For one, wikis already exist. What would be the benefit of hosting our own rather than participating on Wikipedia?...

posted 4y ago by meriton‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar meriton‭ · 2020-09-24T17:11:22Z (about 4 years ago)
I am not categorically opposed, but I currently don't see a use case for articles.

For one, wikis already exist. What would be the benefit of hosting our own rather than participating on Wikipedia? After all, Wikipedia has a very mature software and policies for this very thing. It also has a much higher reach thanks to its impeccable google ranking. 

Also, at least at the current maturity level of the implemenation, self-answered questions seem to have some important advantages over articles:

- Having to write a question makes it easier to tell what that article is about, allowing readers to quickly assess whether it is relevant to them.
- If other people think they can write a better article, they can.

In summary, I don't currently see a usecase, and would leave this feature disabled until we do.