About Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that operates like a moderated blog. It believes that it has both technical and social means to control trolls, cranks, and partisans, and still publish a high-quality product.
About.com relies on a centralized set of experts to edit its articles, mimicking a traditional encyclopedia, but on line.
Guess which one the New York Times bought for $410 million?
Typically, the Times report of the purchase doesn't even mention Wikipedia. It's couched entirely in terms of the added revenue stream, which is probably true. Until the Times editors get their glummies into About.com, and the Wikipedians start fact-checking the thing.
Posted by joshuasharf at February 20, 2005 10:10 AM
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