Thread:Sebia97/@comment-39967963-20190708153125/@comment-258494-20190819155650

First off, Wikia allows each "Wikia" group to set their own policy. We choose to operate the Gerontology Wiki as an encyclopedia, not a fan club. Online betting/polling of supercentenarian deaths is not appropriate for the Gerontology Wiki. Second, any "open-source" encyclopedia, including Wikipedia, has issues of quality control because they let "anyone" edit it. Third, the definition of "reliable" source on Wikipedia is a technical definition intended to mean that, for Wikipedia purposes, the Gerontology Wiki is not a "reliable" source (in part because the Gerontology Wiki is open-source and fans can edit and also because it's not the original source...but those very same parameters apply to Wikipedia and both Wikipedia and Wikia were founded by Jimbo Wales, so this is not an either/or proposition...it's essentially the same model, with the exception of focus: Wikipedia's focus is more broad (everything 'encyclopedic') whereas the Gerontology Wiki is limited, by definition, to "Gerontology" as the focus.Ryoung122 (talk) 15:56, August 19, 2019 (UTC)