42244 1 3 econsultancy_xml <p>The new site, called <a href="http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page">Citizendium</a>, also aims to improve the quality of entries by having experts check them for accuracy. Approved articles will receive a green tick to indicate their reliability. </p> <p>According to Sanger: </p> <blockquote> <p> <em>"If there’s going to be a free encyclopaedia, I’d like there to be a better free encyclopaedia.</em> </p> <p> <em>“It has bothered me that I helped to get a project started, Wikipedia, that people are mis-using in this way, and yet the project itself has little chance of radically improving.”</em> </p> </blockquote> <p>Sanger said he didn't expect that having people identify themselves and leave a short biography will avoid every abuse of the system, but he hopes it will significantly reduce the problem and lead to more reliable entries. </p> <p>As well as having the same look and layout as Wikipedia, Citizendium will be non- profit, free of advertising, and free to read and edit. </p> <p> <strong>Related articles:</strong> <br /> <a href="/blog/843-wikipedia-s-google-traffic-balloons-search-site-should-pay">Wikipedia's Google traffic balloons, search site 'should pay'</a> <br /> <a href="/blog/725-wikiseek-launches-wikipedia-search-engine-2">Wikiseek launches Wikipedia search engine</a> </p> <p> <a href="mailto:blog@e-consultancy.com">blog@e-consultancy.com</a> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>The new site, called <Link URL="http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page" Window="New">Citizendium</Link>, also aims to improve the quality of entries by having experts check them for accuracy. Approved articles will receive a green tick to indicate their reliability. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>According to Sanger: </Paragraph> <Block> <Paragraph> <Quote>"If there’s going to be a free encyclopaedia, I’d like there to be a better free encyclopaedia.</Quote> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Quote>“It has bothered me that I helped to get a project started, Wikipedia, that people are mis-using in this way, and yet the project itself has little chance of radically improving.”</Quote> </Paragraph> </Block> <Paragraph>Sanger said he didn't expect that having people identify themselves and leave a short biography will avoid every abuse of the system, but he hopes it will significantly reduce the problem and lead to more reliable entries. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>As well as having the same look and layout as Wikipedia, Citizendium will be non- profit, free of advertising, and free to read and edit. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Related articles:</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/843-wikipedia-s-google-traffic-balloons-search-site-should-pay" Window="New">Wikipedia's Google traffic balloons, search site 'should pay'</Link> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/725-wikiseek-launches-wikipedia-search-engine-2" Window="New">Wikiseek launches Wikipedia search engine</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="mailto:blog@e-consultancy.com" Window="New">blog@e-consultancy.com</Link> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-03-27T10:17:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>One of <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia's</a> 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. </strong> </p> <p>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 names. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>One of <Link URL="http://www.wikipedia.org" Window="New">Wikipedia's</Link> 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. </Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>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 names. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 979 <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> 362949 Rival to Wikipedia goes live false 2007-03-27T13:45:00+01:00 rival-to-wikipedia-goes-live 2009-04-30T05:24:23+01:00 2009-10-13T08:57:15+01:00 145