It's probably more of a naming thing than anything else, but it does
imply a point of view on whether the encyclopaedia has actually been
created yet. Is the online version of Wikipedia an encyclopaedia, or
is it a peek into a work in progress?
The principle of the Wikipedia is that it's a work in progress, surely?
On 6/3/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/3/06, Joe Anderson <computerjoe.mailinglist(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> > However, four different viewpoints of the Wikipedia have emerged
> recently:
> >
> > - It is an encyclopedia with a community
> > - It is a community with an encyclopedia
> > - It is an encyclopedia
> > - It is a community
>
> Interesting. The dichotomy I most often see, that people have trouble
> deciding on, is :
>
> - Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia
> - Wikipedia is a project to create an encyclopaedia
It's probably more of a naming thing than anything else, but it does
imply a point of view on whether the encyclopaedia has actually been
created yet. Is the online version of Wikipedia an encyclopaedia, or
is it a peek into a work in progress?
> Steve
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