[WikiEN-l] Britannica attempts to become Wikipedia

[Thomas Dalton]

> EB 1911 never claimed or attempted neutral point of view - it's a
>  Wikipedia innovation as a stated principle. (I think it's our most
>  important innovation, much more important than merely letting anyone
>  edit the website.)

They are closely related, though - without the openness of editing,
achieving neutrality would be very difficult. Systematic bias is so
much harder to overcome when you have a small group of editors.