In his post here, he kind of directly writes that SO is not like a wiki.
> But you know what does work? A Q&A system. Like Stack Overflow.
> Why? Because unlike wikis, you don’t write documentation in the hopes that one day it might help someone.
In the exact quote you gave, he says that SO is different from "wikis" in that the question is written before the answer.
When most people think "wiki", seeing answers before questions is certainly a common characteristic they could assign to the concept, but it's not what makes it a "wiki".
I could design a wiki that was text-only and say, "unlike wikis, we don't present photos", but that wouldn't make it not-a-wiki.
When most people think "wiki", seeing answers before questions is certainly a common characteristic they could assign to the concept, but it's not what makes it a "wiki".
I could design a wiki that was text-only and say, "unlike wikis, we don't present photos", but that wouldn't make it not-a-wiki.