If anything, to me it seems like a bad mistep by google.
At first sight, it is hard to imagine Knol having any
traction whatsoever.
Most of the stuff that people could plausibly want
beyond what wikipedia offers, is already better
packaged by wikia, than anything googles
announcements seems to suggest.
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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]