[WikiEN-l] Digital Universe: Encyclopedia of Earth

Sat Jan 21 17:37:55 UTC 2006

On 1/21/06, Matt R <matt_crypto at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> While I knew that Digital Universe were planning an encyclopedia, I hadn't come
> across many details, so I thought I'd forward these links. Please hit me an the
> head and give me a pointer to where this has been discussed ad nauseum
> previously!
>
> As part of their "Earth Portal", DU are planning an "Encyclopedia of Earth":
>
>    http://stewards.manyone.net/hosted/portalpages/2707/eoe.html
>
> http://news.com.com/5208-1038-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12490&messageID=101336&start=-1
>
> They plan to use two wikis; a Public wiki and a "Steward" wiki. The Public wiki
> will be editable by the public, but the Steward wiki will only be editable by
> approved experts.
>
> They're considering free licensing, there'll be overarching editorial decisions
> which apply to every article, no anonymous authorship, and the articles will be
> organised within a logical taxonomy developed by experts.
>
> -- Matt

We are still not completely sure what they are up to. While the
ammount of money they have got should mean they will be able to
produce something I'm haveing difficulty seeing how they will avoid
going head to head with encarta.

--
geni