Re: [WikiEN-l] Online encyclopedia of life reaches 150,000 species

So what was so special about this wiki or pseudo-wiki that it became successful ? -----Original Message----- From: Keith Old &lt;keithold(a)gmail.com&gt; To: English Wikipedia &lt;wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 2:00 pm Subject: [WikiEN-l] Online encyclopedia of life reaches 150,000 species G'day folks, Phys Org reports that the Online Encyclopedia of Life has reached 150,000 species. http://www.physorg.com/news170396645.html "The Encyclopedia of Life, an online project launched in 2007 with the aim of creating a webpage on every known animal and plant species, has reached 150,000 entries in its second year. * * * In a statement marking the anniversary, the collaborative project said close to two million people from more than 200 countries had contributed to the website (www.eol.org). Users can create a page that describes a plant or animal with text, images or both. The information is then submitted to experts, verified and made available for free. The project's creators hope to accumulate a page for every 1.8 million animal and plant species <http://www.physorg.com/tags/plant+species/> known to scientists over 10 years." More in article. This would compare well with Wikipedia's progress over a similar period. Regards Keith * _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l