(Just to clarify, what I meant was their tagging+concept system, which is very similar to the EA Wiki’s system and is being drawn on for the EA Wiki’s system. I now realise my previous comment—now edited—was misleading in that it (a) said “The new LessWrong Wiki” like that was its name and (b) didn’t give a link. Google suggests that they aren’t calling this new thing “the LessWrong Wiki”.)
Yep, the new wiki/tagging system has been going decently well, I think. We are seeing active edits, and in general I am a lot less worried about it being abandoned, given how deeply it is integrated with the rest of LW (via the tagging system, the daily page and the recent discussion feed).
Also worth mentioning is that LessWrong has recently extended the karma system to wiki edits. You can see it here. I’m pretty excited about this feature, which I expect to increase participation, and look forward to its deployment for the EA Wiki.
The improvements are now ported to the Wiki. Not only can you vote for individual contributions, but you can also see, for each article, a list of each contributor, and see their contributions by hovering over their names. Articles now also show a table of contents, and there may be other features I haven’t yet discovered. Overall, I’m very impressed!
Thanks, I agree that this is an interesting data point. I had simply not been aware of a new LessWrong Wiki, which seems like an oversight.
(Just to clarify, what I meant was their tagging+concept system, which is very similar to the EA Wiki’s system and is being drawn on for the EA Wiki’s system. I now realise my previous comment—now edited—was misleading in that it (a) said “The new LessWrong Wiki” like that was its name and (b) didn’t give a link. Google suggests that they aren’t calling this new thing “the LessWrong Wiki”.)
Yep, the new wiki/tagging system has been going decently well, I think. We are seeing active edits, and in general I am a lot less worried about it being abandoned, given how deeply it is integrated with the rest of LW (via the tagging system, the daily page and the recent discussion feed).
Also worth mentioning is that LessWrong has recently extended the karma system to wiki edits. You can see it here. I’m pretty excited about this feature, which I expect to increase participation, and look forward to its deployment for the EA Wiki.
The improvements are now ported to the Wiki. Not only can you vote for individual contributions, but you can also see, for each article, a list of each contributor, and see their contributions by hovering over their names. Articles now also show a table of contents, and there may be other features I haven’t yet discovered. Overall, I’m very impressed!
Great! I’m also intuitively optimistic about the effect of these new features on Wiki uptake, editor participation, etc.