[WikiEN-l] Guardian interview to appear Monday

[Andrew Gray]

On 08/03/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/8/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So the main message was: we're not Britannica, but we're better than
> > *anything* else readily available on the web. "We make the Web not
> > suck." And we're actually good and useful as a reference work *right
> > now*.
>
> "Admitting" that our main competitor is a paper encyclopedia with over
> a century of brand leadership is good.  It shows the potential reader
> that we're aiming high but are aware that we have a way to go.

Incidentally, I encountered for the first time someone actually
confusing Wikipedia with Britannica the other day... I wonder if this
is an effect of EB bing the thing we're always checked against.

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk