On Sat, 15 May 2004 14:20:48 +0100, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Much of the Britannica 11th is at what might be called the engineering-handbook level of depth and detail.
Encyclopedias are traditionally rich on technology articles. Doesn't follow that they must be cookbooks.
Why should we restrict ourselves to what encyclopedias traditionally do? We're Wikipedia, not some hidebound traditional encyclopedia.