Comments on: Wikipedia vs Britannica: Yawn http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/13/wikipedia-vs-britannica-yawn Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kevin Marks http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/13/wikipedia-vs-britannica-yawn#comment-2178 Kevin Marks Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:47:45 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/13/wikipedia-vs-britannica-yawn#comment-2178 Britannica used to be free online - back when they were upselling the CD-ROM version. They withdrew it and made it for pay thereafter, creating a niche for wikipedia. That said, even if it were free online (as it is in libraries, after all) there is still a place for the more comprehensive and consensual work that Wikipedia is growing into. The more insidious threat to Wikipedia is the deletionist clique that deters the contributors who write most of the substantive prose. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowritescomments Britannica used to be free online - back when they were upselling the CD-ROM version. They withdrew it and made it for pay thereafter, creating a niche for wikipedia.
That said, even if it were free online (as it is in libraries, after all) there is still a place for the more comprehensive and consensual work that Wikipedia is growing into. The more insidious threat to Wikipedia is the deletionist clique that deters the contributors who write most of the substantive prose.
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowritescomments

]]> By: Steve http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/13/wikipedia-vs-britannica-yawn#comment-2177 Steve Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:34:03 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/13/wikipedia-vs-britannica-yawn#comment-2177 I almost laughed out loud when Dale Hoiberg got miffed that Jimmy Wales used text links in his repsonses. That is what makes the Internet so great; one can easily point a web surfer to a source of information. I almost laughed out loud when Dale Hoiberg got miffed that Jimmy Wales used text links in his repsonses. That is what makes the Internet so great; one can easily point a web surfer to a source of information.

]]> By: David Phillips http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/13/wikipedia-vs-britannica-yawn#comment-2176 David Phillips Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:26:16 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/13/wikipedia-vs-britannica-yawn#comment-2176 Oh.. how true. I also keep running into publication that hide content behind subscriptions. Google News is just so convenient to find the free stuff. If links are assets (yes they are) Britannica can never catch up without re-inventing itself. Oh.. how true.

I also keep running into publication that hide content behind subscriptions. Google News is just so convenient to find the free stuff.

If links are assets (yes they are) Britannica can never catch up without re-inventing itself.

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