Wikipedia Co-Founder Unveils Wikipedia Alternative
WCBS-TV New York, NY - 1 hour ago
(AP) In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. ...

Wikipedia Co-Founder Unveils Wikipedia Alternative
WCBS-TV New York, NY - 21 hours ago
(AP) In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...INESS/703250347

This time, contributors to online encyclopedia will not be anonymous. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

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This article from the AP gives a good, but rather brief, summary of the biggest problems with WP. However, what I found most interesting was this quote from Jimbo:

Oh really?? Just more proof, in my view, that the "God-King" has become completely divorced from reality, or he is simply lying his head off. This goes beyond mere "whistling through the graveyard".

Wikipedia co-founder seeks to start all over again
Bloomington Pantagraph, IL - 23 minutes ago
By Brian Bergstein. AP. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web’s most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English ...

The nascent Web encyclopedia Citizendium springs from Larry Sanger, a philosophy Ph.D. who counts himself as a co-founder of Wikipedia, the site he now hopes to usurp. The claim doesn't seem particularly controversial — Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder.



http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/25/6...arted-wikipedia

Wikipedia Co-Founder Seeks to Start Over
Houston Chronicle, TX - 11 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN AP Technology Writer. © 2007 AP. — In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web’s most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...02055426289.txt

Wikipedia Co-Founder Seeks to Start Over
Bismarck Tribune, ND - 10 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone ...

Wikipedia Co-Founder Seeks to Start Over
NewsMax.com, FL - 17 minutes ago
In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone.



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Wikipedia co-founder seeks to start over
The Benton Crier, IA - 15 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer 21 minutes ago. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web‘s most astonishing successes, ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...a_alternative_2

Why can't he be doing both things? Dammit, he's Jimbo Wales! Multi-tasking is nothing to him!

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

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Wikipedia co-founder seeks to start over
Akron Beacon Journal, OH - 15 minutes ago
AP. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web’s most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...02055426289.txt

Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, takes the wraps off a Wikipedia alternative, Citizendium, this week. His goal is to capture Wikipedia's bustle but this time, avoid the vandalism and inconsistency that are its pitfalls.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...ESS01/703260317

Wikipedia competitor seeks to cut out errors
Boston Globe, MA - 11 minutes ago
Among stacks of reference books, Larry Sanger, considered by many a cofounder of Wikipedia, has plotted a competitor to the popular online encyclopedia: ...

Wikipedia co-founder seeks to start all over again
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - 12 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web’s most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million ...

By BRIAN BERGSTEIN In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone.

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In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web’s most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

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In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism.

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Wikipedia Co-Founder Eyes Rival Site
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Wikipedia Co-Founder Seeks to Start All Over Again, This Time With Contributors' Real Names

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Wikipedia's co-founder, Larry Sanger, is creating a rival encyclopedia site. Sanger says Citizendium will require contributors to use real names and prove expertise. And experts will be asked to check for accuracy.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...363&ft=1&f=1006

Wikipedia Co-Founder Sanger Seeks to Start Over With New Site
Editor & Publisher - 11 minutes ago
In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. ...

Wikipedia founder launches rival online encyclopaedia
Times Online, UK - 11 minutes ago
Holden Frith and AP. Larry Sanger, one of the founder members of Wikipedia, has launched a competitor to the online encyclopaedia. Citizendium aims to avoid ...

Wikipedia has had a tough run lately. The free online encyclopedia had to admit that an editor and contributor who went by the name of Essjay didn't have the doctoral degrees or tenured professorship he claimed. Recently, a contributor reported the untimely—and erroneous—death of Sinbad. Maybe some competition will help right Wikipedia's wrongs. That's why one of the site's co-founders, ...

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Citizendium is a community encyclopedia that offers Wikipedia-like content with a few editorial controls.

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Citizendium is a community encyclopedia that offers Wikipedia-like content with a few editorial controls.

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Wikipedia rival makes its debut
ZDNet.com.au, Australia - 10 minutes ago
By Candace Lombardi, CNET News.com. Citizendium, a self-proclaimed "citizens' compendium" of general knowledge, works much like Wikipedia in that anyone can ...

Citizendium injects professionalism to Wikipedia’s flaws
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 19 minutes ago
After the recent rush of debacles that have arisen around the popular Wiki encyclopedia site, Wikipedia, many people have been working hard to identify and ...

Accountable Wikipedia
Poynter.org, FL - 19 minutes ago
Are you, like many journalists, squeamish about Wikipedia's anyone-can-edit, no-real-name-required approach? You might want to check out Citizendium, ...

Can Citizendium take Wikipedia down a few notches just when the Wiki universe looks to expand?

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<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=BeovM1PWoVcJ&imgurl=media.canada.com/9c644d4d-79fd-4ef5-8bd3-c4933500492a/wikipedia.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1>Wikipedia co-founder starting over with alternative site
Ottawa Citizen (subscription), Canada - 17 minutes ago
Brian Bergstein, AP. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the web’s most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English ...

Citizendium, the Wikipedia competitor that will demand accountability from its users, launches in public beta today. Started last year by Larry Sanger, who was heavily involved with the creation of Wikipedia, Citizendium has been in private beta since last October.



http://spudsstuff.newsvine.com/_news/2007/...-competing-wiki

One of the biggest criticisms of Wikipedia - apart from the addition of nofollow links - is that anyone can add, delete or modify an entry anonymously. This often causes major headaches - vandalized entries or spam links - and is the Achilles heel of the world’s most popular online encyclopedia. Larry Sanger was part of the original team that launched Wikipedia and he’s now behind a new ...

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"In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone.



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A twist on Wikipedia
OregonLive.com, OR - 12 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

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Wikipedia founder launches rival site
Siliconrepublic.com, Ireland - 16 minutes ago
27.03.2007 - Citizendium, unveiled on 25 March by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, is also an open-source online community encyclopaedia. ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...INESS/703270318

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane. To Wikipedia fans, these blemishes are an unavoidable. However, Larry Sanger doesn't buy it.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...tory/56511.html

Rival to Wikipedia goes live
E-consultancy, UK - 15 minutes ago
One of Wikipedia's founder members, Larry Sanger has launched a rival online encyclopedia, with the hope of improving on the original by avoiding the ...

One of Wikipedia's founder members, Larry Sanger has launched a rival online encyclopedia, with the hope of improving on the original by avoiding the vandalism and inconsistency which affects some of its entries. Sanger believes that allowing anyone to edit entries anonymously has caused problems for the original site, and plans to solve this by asking contributors to provide their real ...

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...-goes-live.html

Wikipedia Cofounder Launches Rival Citizendium
Marketing Vox News - 11 minutes ago
Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger has launched Citizendium, a self-proclaimed "citizens' compendium" of general knowledge. The site will work like Wikipedia ...

In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane. To Wikipedia fans, these blemishes are an unavoidable. However, Larry Sanger doesn't buy it.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...tory/56511.html

World Wide Web Wikipedia Cofounder Launches Citizendium
CIO Today, CA - 16 minutes ago
By Jennifer LeClaire. Josh Bernoff, a vice president at Forrester Research, said he sees a place for Citizendium on the social-media scene, and noted that ...