So what else is being sold? Citizendium and everything2? Britannica and Encarta? There are vast differences between Wikipedia and the aforementioned, and don't forget that Encarta is no more.
Wikipedia's "USP" is that there is no other widely-recognized online repository of straightforward information about almost any subject someone wants to look up. So actually, "you've heard of us" is a USP -- that it ranks so high on Google means it is highly convenient. Frequently, that's the most important SP of all.
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, somebody finally came out and gave the explanation without which this thread made very little sense.
Of course Wikipedia's unique selling point is its enormous community of dedicated editors. Anybody could take a copy of our content, but maintaining it would require a living community and that's what we have.
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