When in doubt: Citizendium! Wikipedia’s getting some competition from a service rather unfortunately named Citizendium. Its creator, Larry Sanger (shown here), says the site will provide a forum in which anyone can contribute, but articles will be signed and experts identified. The idea is to establish an air of authority and reduce errors—but there’s already a snag. Sanger identifies himself as the co-founder of Wikipedia, along with Jimmy Wales, who remains the online encyclopedia’s leader. Wales has dismissed that claim as “absurd” and “laughable,” saying at least 20 others had as much to do with Wiki’s founding as Sanger. For those requiring further explanation, we suggest searching here, here and here. —Posted by David Gianatasio

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You forgot this link: http://www.larrysanger.org/roleinwp.html

Posted by: A. Nony Mouse | Mar 26, 2007 12:43:31 PM

We've been talking about Citizendium over at Highbrid Nation. Personally I use Wikipedia a lot and I don't see anything knocking it off its top spot. The features that make Citizendium better may just be the features that keep it from having the same sucess as Wikpedia. There can only be one. Who will it be?

Posted by: Evorgleb | Mar 26, 2007 2:23:37 PM

Usually there can only be one really popular directory with any others running a distant second or third...my money is on Wikipedia

Posted by: Mary | Mar 26, 2007 4:43:10 PM

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