[WikiEN-l] A future for Nupedia?

KNOTT, T tknott at qcl.org.uk
Wed Sep 8 09:52:49 UTC 2004



>Like Larry Sanger, I am still concerned about the long-term
>prestige of Wikipedia. As long as many contributors don't
>reference their claims, and don't rely on published
>authorities (at least to some extent), then many people in
>academic won't take our articles seriously. But using
>Wikipedia as an open-source feeder for growing Nupedia
>articles leverages everyone's efforts; the whole could be
>much greater than the sum of its parts.
>
>Robert (RK)

That's not a bad idea. I'd like a name change though to make sure it's
connection to wikipedia is known about. "Wikipedia stable" "Wikipedia
1.0" Wikipedia reviewed/approved or some such thing. But apart from that
I think it might work.

Theresa






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