[WikiEN-l] Google Knol: Move over Wikipedia?

[David Gerard]

On 14/12/2007, Utkarshraj Atmaram <utcursch at gmail.com> wrote:

> "A knol on a particular topic is meant to be the first thing someone
> who searches for this topic for the first time will want to read."
> <http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html>

> It's too early to say, but the success of Knol may spell extinction
> for projects like Citizendium: most "experts" would prefer to retain
> sole authorship of their articles and get paid for it.
> And of course, it may spell doom for Wikipedia as well. Knol will
> certainly provide a more authoritative, more reliable source of
> knowledge than Wikipedia:


Sounds like about.com II, or Scholarpedia.


- d.