Wikipedia is a website that is loved for it's ease of information access, but despised for the ease to change information on a whim without any real sources. It's something that is unfortunately hated upon by many educators for all of the wrong reasons and is always cast in a negative fashion when really it can be used as a nice tool to get a starting point on any assignment and even link to reputable sources; however this is not the point of the blog. I want to talk about the style of Wikipedia and the imitations that every other wiki site tries to emulate over and over again.
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| A Mario Wiki not shying away from the Wikipedia roots. |
Wikipedia is a very content heavy website that has to present itself in an according fashion. The sleek contemporary website design of the 21st century is something that doesn't translate very well to a website that is so focused to shoving text based information into your face.
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| Amurica Wiki! Fuck Yeah! |
As you can see the text heaviness only becomes a bigger problem once you enter a page for information on any subject. The first thing you'll notice is the bar on the far right that shows the subject of interest and a long list of facts about it that is stated with every like subject.
I cannot fairly critique Wikipedia's website design because on one hand it breaks what designers want in websites today and on the other it does its job well and has a style that's emulated by others. All it goes to show us is that not every website can fit into this sleek, modern style and that exceptions have to be made and even sometimes the best of both worlds have to be put together.
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