[WikiEN-l] Citizendium vs. Wikipedia

Marc Riddell michaeldavid86 at comcast.net
Wed Apr 22 22:16:56 UTC 2009


>> 2009/4/22 doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com>:
>> 
>>> I suspect that most of such critics have reached the conclusion that a
>>> wiki is not a suitable way of creating an encyclopedia.
>>> It does seem to me that most of this discussion is predicated on the
>>> assumption that Otherpedia.org will be a wiki and will be free-use. I
>>> strongly suspect that anything that starts from that basis will be too
>>> much like wikipedia to be anything more than a small-player in some niche.
>> 
>> David Gerard wrote:

>> Hmm. Wonder what a next model could look like.
>> 
>> 
>> - d.

on 4/22/09 5:19 PM, doc at doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com wrote:
> 
> If I knew, I'd not tell you, and I'd be setting it right now.

There actually is something in the works right now, Doc. It's being
supported by a foundation, a professional association and a university. It
will be ready to go in about six months.

Marc Riddell




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