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I have used Senseis Library many times.
The thing about stackexchange sites like stackoverflow.com is that they are simply more user-friendly than SL pages or forums for that matter.
On stackoverflow.com (which is about programming languages), all questions/answers are 1) sorted 2) tagged and 3) rated. These three systems in combination are remarkably useful. Using the tags and sorting (sorting works based on full-text searching) you filter the questions you see when browsing and search through old ones. The tags and sorting also ensure that people find similar questions when writing their own, so that a potentially already-answered question can be found.
The rating ensures that, if a question/answer was particularly highly rated by everyone interested in a topic, all the other 'late-comers' to the discussion will see it. And if a 'late-comer' adds a new answer, people will notice it, because the high rating will ensure that people see someone has added an answer.
Furthermore, whenever anyone adds an answer to an old question, people see it.
So, in my opinion, SE sites are far superior to forums or wikis when it comes to sharing knowledge, whereas for pure information or opinion, wikis and forums respectively are better.
On the other hand I don't find
unstructured forms of information, like forums or wikis, useful for getting real knowledge. They're better for either mixtures or pure distillations of opinion and information, respectively.
If you look at stackexchange.com, it is a perfect way to learn things,
because people who give good answers are rewarded points, and people
who give bad answers are subtracted points. So, your ranking in go
does not automatically determine the respect you get. People look at
your answers, and judge whether you answered the question.
So, if you want to ask something like, 'is this play an example of aji
keshi,' you will not be ignored. Everyone using the page will see your
question, how many replies it has received, and if other people have
already given a good answer.
There was a website like this before called Shidogo. Shidogo only failed because it failed to gather a user-base before introducing the SE-method of sharing knowledge. Hence very few people ended up learning about it. This time, the site will need to gather about 200 people before it can begin operating.
As the site gathers momentum, it will move into the planning stage, and they will assign us a URL. The planning stage is to ensure that more people know about the site this time. Shidogo failed because only like 20 people ended up hearing about it.
20 people sharing knowledge is not enough to answer questions about go. With 300-400 users, all posting diagrams from their own games, asking questions about the finer points of strategy, the new site and its wonderful design will be able to ensure that everyone can ask questions that will get good answers.
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