--- Toby Bartels <toby+wikipedia(a)math.ucr.edu> wrote:
This is what the Sifter project is supposed to do.
I doubt that the time will /ever/ come that people say
�Look it up on Wikipedia -- that's a reliable source.�.
Rather, they'll say �Look it up on /Sifterpedia/.�.
Nobody's really working on the Sifter project right now --
but that can change at any time.
I rather think that people realize that the web is always "under
construction", and that since time generally allows new knowledge to
come to light, the W will generally increase in quality.
Also, the EB is trusted as far as people trust a British commercial
entity. The British, as a nation and to their credit, are probably
the most even keeled in terms of their pov. However, they cannot
touch the diversity of thoughts and points of view that is available
on a truly international encyclopedia. They are still western in
outlook, and maintain quite a fondness for the scientific process, at
the expense in my opinion for more populist notions.
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