From: sgilbert(a)nbnet.nb.ca Reply-To: wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:41:50 -0300 To: wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Other encyclopedias taking notice? Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems that some of the traditional encyclopedias are taking notice of Wikipedia. For example, Encyclopedia.com (which uses the Columbia Concise Encyclopedia) now has a "Today in History" front page. Births, deaths and events listed with links to appropriate articles. They also list "Top Searches", which wasn't there before. The Encyclopaedia Brittanica has as its HTML title: "the online encyclopedia you can trust." Is that a reference to that nasty wiki encyclopedia where anyone can add content? As Wikipedia becomes more well known in the mainstream, the established players may stop ignoring us and go on a direct offensive. That should be interesting. - Stephen Gilbert ------- Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia http://www.wikipedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l

As Wikipedia becomes more well known in the mainstream, the established players may stop ignoring us and go on a direct offensive. That should be interesting.