A Look Inside Citizendium

Raindance writes "I've posted an in-depth look at Citizendium, Larry Sanger's new project and Wikipedia's new competitor. In a nutshell, Citizendium isn't just about building a better encyclopedia (though that is their goal) — it's also a pilot project for a new model of expert-guided radical collaboration with implications for things from open peer review to genome wikis. If you'd like to help out, they need both volunteers and donations."

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Re:Wikipedia is regurigated BS

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There have been thousands of books about the Russian revolution, how come I can't walk into a library or bookstore and read alternative views on it?
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One quick stop over to any bookstore in Berkeley or Amazon and you can get all the pro-Commie rubbish you can stomach. Better bring your credit card though -- socialism can be very intellectually satisfying but its hard to eat it (hard to eat if you're living under it, too). You can find Communist propaganda in America everywhere you'll find a market for it, same as just about everything else. And, yes, given that the USSR was "accused" of shooting people who didn't follow the party line (because they, well, did), that is a wee bit of a difference from you having to actually having to find a niche store for a niche audience.