2012/1/20 Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net:
http://savageminds.org/2012/01/19/wikipedia-encyclopedias/
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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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