Andrew Lih writes:
QUOTE(Andrew Lih)
WikiAnswers is not Wikianswers. There is wiki.answers.com, and then there is answers.wikia.com. And confusingly, Wikianswers.com points to one of them.
Did you get that? Well you’re not the only one who didn’t.
Seth Finkelstein has a good rundown on this latest confusion among the companies spun off from the Wikipedia Revolution.
His blog and his Guardian article are pretty unequivocal:
"In my opinion, Wikia’s relaunch of its site using the name Wikianswers is sleazy and unethical in the face of the far more well-known and successful Answers.com" [site].
For those who don’t know, Answers.com has been a major donor and supporter of the Wikimania conference over the years, as has Wikia, which makes this showdown all the more intriguing.
Did you get that? Well you’re not the only one who didn’t.
Seth Finkelstein has a good rundown on this latest confusion among the companies spun off from the Wikipedia Revolution.
His blog and his Guardian article are pretty unequivocal:
"In my opinion, Wikia’s relaunch of its site using the name Wikianswers is sleazy and unethical in the face of the far more well-known and successful Answers.com" [site].
For those who don’t know, Answers.com has been a major donor and supporter of the Wikimania conference over the years, as has Wikia, which makes this showdown all the more intriguing.