[WikiEN-l] Online encyclopedia of life reaches 150,000 species
Keith Old
keithold at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 21:00:45 UTC 2009
G'day folks,
Phys Org reports that the Online Encyclopedia of Life has reached 150,000
species.
http://www.physorg.com/news170396645.html
"The Encyclopedia of Life, an online project launched in 2007 with the aim
of creating a webpage on every known animal and plant species, has reached
150,000 entries in its second year.
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In a statement marking the anniversary, the collaborative project said close
to two million people from more than 200 countries had contributed to the
website (www.eol.org).
Users can create a page that describes a plant or animal with text, images
or both. The information is then submitted to experts, verified and made
available for free.
The project's creators hope to accumulate a page for every 1.8 million
animal and plant species <http://www.physorg.com/tags/plant+species/> known
to scientists over 10 years."
More in article.
This would compare well with Wikipedia's progress over a similar period.
Regards
Keith
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