A proposal for improving the Wikipedia's utility
Wikipedia is wonderful. But when trying to use it for mathematical or other highly technical subjects, there is a problem. The topics tend to be correct, but contain too much material aimed at experts in the specific topic. Too much of the terminology in a given article requires reference to defining articles, that themselves have the same problem, and so it is very time consuming, and often leaves the user unsatisfied.
A proposal:
Allow the user to rank their own "satisfaction" with any article, and store this with their profile.
Also, for each article or article section, specify the prerequisite articles.
Develop a suggestion system that suggests the best path from the body of articles that the user is already satisfied with to the article on the topic that they require to understand.
In other words, instead of the user having to work backwards from the article that they require to understand, allow them to work in a more natural forward progression, similar to the way the topic would be covered in a text book or a teaching course.
