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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl AT intrex.net>]

Richard Morris wrote:

> An interesting article at
>     http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_02/fud_based_encyclopedia/ 

> with a response to an article by ex Encyclopedia Britanica editor on the 
> wikipedia project.
>
> There lots of good stuff, of particular relavance to us is the
> Authority Model. Basically who controls whats in the pages.
>
> Quite what we want as an authority model for our project needs to be 
> worked out.

This month's Wired Magazine also has an article on Wikipedia.

http://www.wired.com/wired/

The Book Stops Here
Jimmy Wales wanted to build a free encyclopedia on the Internet.
So he raised an army of amateurs and created the self-organizing,
self-repairing, hyperaddictive library of the future called Wikipedia.
[ Coming March 2 ]
By Daniel H. Pink


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