[Wikipedia-l] Re: encyclopedia

[sgilbert at nbnet.nb.ca]

Merritt L. Perkins wrote:
>
> What is an encyclopedia?

Larry Sanger, Wikipedia's former project leader, spend some time 
pondering this question. Specifically, he wrote "The elements of an 
encyclopedia project", which you can find at 
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_elements_of_an_encyclopedia_pr
oject . There are other essays at http://meta.wikipedia.org/ that 
you might enjoy as well. Feel free to post your own thought on the 
subject!

Stephen G.