[WikiEN-l] Knol goes live

[Anthony]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I'm probably missing some elements of how Knol works... Anyone can
> create their own version of an article about something? And only pagerank
> and the starred rating determines which you see first? Won't they have an
> impossible noise problem?
>
> Also, how do they deal with crap like this:
> http://knol.google.com/k/graham-colditz-md-drph/cancer-prevention/bzml3lSg/SAmGOg#-
> "Eight Ways To Prevent Cancer"?
>
Sorting through noise is exactly what made Google famous, and what
they do best.  Lack of signal might be a problem, but I don't think
noise will be.

> Lastly, whats the import of the Creative Commons license they use? The
> articles I've seen are all CC-BY 3.0 - we can reuse content under that
> license, can't we?
>
Sure, as long as you follow the license.