[WikiEN-l] Jimbo interview

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On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:24 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/4/4 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com>:
>
>> The only regret I personally have about that one, is that Jimbo
>> missed the one big opening at a knock-out punch vis a vis
>> citizendium.
>
>
> I don't. Citizendium can't harm Wikipedia, but Wikipedia could harm
> Citizendium. And that would be bad.

On that note, is there a good summary anywhere of the forks and
"similar" projects (i.e. encyclopedias) anywhere? Not so much a
summary in a Wikipedia article, but more a critical look at the
timescales, size, and quality of various spinter projects or attempts
to do something different. The only ones I can remember at the moment
are Citizendium, Veropedia, and Epistemia. Is Wikinfo something
separate or a fork?

"Various other projects have since forked from Wikipedia for editorial
reasons. Wikinfo does not require a neutral point of view and allows
original research. New Wikipedia-inspired projects — such as
Citizendium, Scholarpedia, Conservapedia, and Google's Knol — have
been started to address perceived limitations of Wikipedia, such as
its policies on peer review, original research, and commercial
advertising."

OK, so the list is:

Citizendium (article)
Veropedia (article)
Epistemia (no article)
Wikinfo (article deleted)
Scholarpedia (article)
Conservapedia (article)
Knol (article)

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_encyclopedias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Online_encyclopedias

Wow, a really fascinating category here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Knowledge_markets

"Knowledge markets provide means and venue for discovering and sharing
knowledge resources among individuals and organizations."

Article is interesting as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_market

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