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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Topic Options #167236 - 03/28/07 10:22 AM Citizendium Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 10202 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky zmjezhd's mention of Wikipedia in another thread reminded me of this: Citizendium. Here's the topic: When you're a cofounder of Wikipedia, what do you do for an encore? If you're Larry Sanger, the answer is simple: you build another Wikipedia. A better one. I presume most of you have heard about it. It is now up, in beta version. Here's the link, if anyone wants to get in on the ground floor, so to speak: Citizendium beta. Disclaimer: I am not advocating Citizendium; just proffering news, since it hasn't been mentioned here. Top #167254 - 03/29/07 05:08 AM Re: Citizendium [Re: Jackie] wsieber old hand Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 991 Loc: Switzerland The article leaves me somewhat sceptical: I wonder if an axe to grind is a fertile starting point for an alternative project. And Widespread anonymity has a problem—it's attractive to people who want to cause trouble, undermine the project, or simply troll is certainly true, but endemic to the Internet as such, due to its fundamental structure, with all its ambivalent potential. Top #167257 - 03/29/07 12:00 PM Re: Citizendium [Re: wsieber] dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1708 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA Jackie thanks for that link, which I have ensconced amongst my Faves Again let me not preach to the choir, but "ensconce" is a Type-3 for which 2 is "situate" and 1 "put" _________________________ dalehileman Top #167260 - 03/29/07 02:20 PM Re: Citizendium [Re: dalehileman] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6587 Loc: Vermont > Again let me not preach to the choir now that's funny. Top #167262 - 03/29/07 06:25 PM Re: Citizendium [Re: dalehileman] olly addict Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 603 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand Originally Posted By: dalehileman "ensconce" is a Type-3 for which 2 is "situate" and 1 "put" type 1:entrenched 2:placed 3:set Is that the go? please excuse the digression. Top #167263 - 03/29/07 06:33 PM Re: Citizendium [Re: olly] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9386 Loc: this too shall pass I'm sorry, but.. -joe (maybe two(2) types?) friday Top #167267 - 03/30/07 11:04 AM Re: Citizendium [Re: olly] dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1708 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA It's a go. Please digress at any time _________________________ dalehileman Top #167269 - 03/30/07 11:18 AM Re: Citizendium [Re: dalehileman] AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6481 Loc: lower upstate New York Changing the rules, Dale? Top #167270 - 03/30/07 11:59 AM Re: Citizendium [Re: AnnaStrophic] dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1708 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA In what way Please elucidate _________________________ dalehileman Top #167271 - 03/30/07 03:18 PM Re: Citizendium [Re: dalehileman] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6587 Loc: Vermont I think olly had the categories reversed. type-3 should be the 'snooty' word... Top Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7141 Members 16 Forums 12692 Topics 187376 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 10 Guests and 26 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Jean Galt, bigmouthbarb, Barney, DavidHill, ianpc 7141 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12365 Jackie 10202 tsuwm 9386 Buffalo Shrdlu 6587 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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