[Foundation-l] When is a Wikipedia not a Wikipedia ?

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Mon Apr 14 19:28:27 UTC 2008


> Yes. You couldn't say that an encyclopedia wasn't an encyclopedia
>  because it included dictionary definitions or even an appendix of
>  source documents or how-to's.

I think you could. Dictionary definitions for common words or words no
used in the encyclopaedia would be out of place. Likewise, source
documents not referenced in the encyclopaedia would be. There are
other words (like "compendium") to describe such collections of
information.



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