The more I think about it, the less I like my own idea. The
dictionaries available on the net now are great resources, even if
they are a bit thin on technical detail. That kind of technical
detail is exactly what Wikipedia/Nupedia are designed to create, and
splitting the project further will surely result in duplication of
effort and less cross-linking. Furthermore, it reinforces the
distinction between "dictionary" and "encyclopedia" which I still see
as an artificial one.
Here's another suggestion: once we get version 0.92 of the Wiki
software, Cliff promises us parentheses. We can recommend that
information about words themselves be placed in pages
like "Mathematics (word)". That page can go into excruciating detail
about the etymology of the word, various senses, and usage (perhaps
seeded by the now-PD 1913 Webster or the soon-to-be-PD 1928 OED),
while the page "Mathematics" treats the subject of the word's primary
sense, so that ad-hoc links go to the right place. These primary
pages can contain links to the (word) page if appropriate.
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