Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: Encarta goes wiki - sort of...

Anthere wrote: I agree, but it's different from Nupedia in that they've got tons more resources than Nupedia did. Still, I don't see encarta becoming the largest encyclopedia in the world, since there is little reason for people to contribute. It doesn't even seem like they give attribution (do they? If so, where?). I don't think that there will be dedicated editors like there are on Wikipedia, and like there were on Nupedia, since encarta is completely for profit- they're in it for the money and NOT for providing free access to "the sum of all human knowledge." There might be some casual editors who, upon finding something that wasn't previously there, will submit it (eg. if somebody died). There is little reason I see for anybody going on the site for the purpose of improving it. While it will help keep the encyclopedia more up-to-date, I doubt it will ever become nearly as popular as Wikipedia is. Blog: http://frazzydee.ca -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d? s:- a--- C+++ UL++ P+ L+ E---- W++ N+ o+ K+ w+ O? M-- V? PS++ PE Y PGP++ t 5-- X+ R tv b++ DI++ D+ G++ e- h! !r !z ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------