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

[Mark Williamson]

An encyclopedia is a comprehensive written compendium that contains
information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of
knowledge... it doesn't matter if it is the definition of a word, or
knowledge contained in a source text.

Mark

On 14/04/2008, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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