[WikiEN-l] Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0

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2009/1/22 Keith Old <keithold at gmail.com>:
> G'day folks,
>
> From the Sydney Morning Herald:
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/battle-to-outgun-wikipedia-and-google/2009/01/22/1232471469973.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
>
>
> "In a move to take on Wikipedia, the *Encyclopedia Britannica* is inviting
> the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version.
>
> New features enabling the inclusion of this user-generated content will be
> rolled out on the encyclopedia's website over the next 24 hours, *
> Britannica's* president, Jorge Cauz, said in an interview today." (More in
> story)
>

Also fom the article:
"He said the encyclopedia had set a benchmark of a 20-minute
turnaround to update the site with user-submitted edits to existing
articles"

That'll probably be faster than us once flagged revisions is switched
on (compare with the German expeiment, where backlogs are up to 3
weeks) which should make for an interesting role reversal.
(I don't want to derail this thread into arguing about flaggedrevs,
just thought it was amusing)

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