Citizendium.org In their own words
"The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an open wiki project aimed at creating an enormous, free, and reliable encyclopedia. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on the Wikipedia model by adding "gentle expert oversight" and requiring contributors to use their real names. We have over 1,000 articles and hundreds of contributors. But we will avoid calling the Citizendium an "encyclopedia" until the project's editors feel comfortable putting their reputations behind that description."
Why Citizendium.org might be a killer
Citizendium has a noble cause. Wikipedia is extremely popular, but again, it's been proven to lack in the accountability and truthfulness departments. If Citizendium can become the reliable Wikipedia, it could replace Wikipedia altogether.
Some questions about Citizendium.org
Will it succeed? Will the success of Wikipedia be Citizendium's downfall? Will this credentialist system deter its growth?
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