[Wikipedia-l] Other encyclopedias taking notice?

[Fred Bauder]

When they start citing Wikipedia...

Fred

> From: sgilbert at nbnet.nb.ca
> Reply-To: wikipedia-l at wikipedia.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:41:50 -0300
> To: wikipedia-l at wikipedia.org
> Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Other encyclopedias taking notice?
> 
> Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems that some of the
> traditional encyclopedias are taking notice of Wikipedia. For
> example, Encyclopedia.com (which uses the Columbia Concise
> Encyclopedia) now has a "Today in History" front page. Births,
> deaths and events listed with links to appropriate articles. They
> also list "Top Searches", which wasn't there before.
> 
> The Encyclopaedia Brittanica has as its HTML title: "the online
> encyclopedia you can trust." Is that a reference to that nasty wiki
> encyclopedia where anyone can add content?
> 
> As Wikipedia becomes more well known in the mainstream, the
> established players may stop ignoring us and go on a direct
> offensive. That should be interesting.
> 
> - Stephen Gilbert
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