[Wikipedia-l] National Public Radio (US): "Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns"

Mon Feb 21 18:16:52 UTC 2005

Andrew Lih wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:33:48 -0800 (PST), Daniel Mayer
><maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>The new Britannica FUD was interesting: Their new take is that Wikipedia is too
>>detailed and one of the things that makes EB great is that they make careful
>>decisions on what is most important to include.
>>
>>So that looks to me like they are giving up and declaring their much smaller
>>size and long time between updates to be 'features.' :)
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>For Britannica, it's going to be much harder to come to grips with the
>two things you mentioned.
>
The broad popular participation in Wikipedia, and the deep pockets that 
support Encarta suggest that EB's attitude is based on desparation.  
Where is their growth potential?  I'd love to look at their financial 
statements.  As Bill Cosby's God once chastised Noah: "How long can you 
tread water?" :-)

Ec