2012/1/20 Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>et>:
Note that citing references is forbidden; proof Wikipedia is not a real
encyclopedia.
Thank you very much for this link, David.
I submitted an article for a four-volume paper encyclopedia recently.
I shall definitely write in detail about my experience after it will
be published in a few moths from now.
In the meantime i can say that i was not told not to cite references.
I just received a style guide for citing them, which is completely
reasonable. So different paper encyclopedias are, well, different.
The biggest difference was in the editorial process - deciding on the
scope of the article, finding reviewers, proofreading, communicating
with other writers etc. Since it's not over yet, i cannot write more
about it, but the comparison between that and writing for Wikipedia
would be hugely interesting.
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