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Nupedia was an English-language online encyclopedia whose articles were written by volunteer contributors with relevant subject matter expertise, reviewed by expert editors before publication, and licensed as free content. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief.
Nov 9, 2015 · Initial reaction was lukewarm, the Nupedia faithful felt it was a bit too informal and unstructured, but nonetheless Wikipedia.com (the .org came later) was launched on January 15; within a day the first article, on the letter U, was up; within 2 weeks there were 600 articles, then more than 1,000 by mid-February, and more than 20,000 within ...
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Apr 18, 2005 · On January 15, 2001, they launched a Wiki-fied version and within a month, they had 200 articles. In a year, they had 18,000. ... Sanger left the project in 2002. "In the Nupedia mode, there was room for an editor in chief," Wales says. "The Wiki model is too distributed for that."
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The Intersection of Collaboration and AI: The evolution of Nupedia and the rise of Wikipedia demonstrate the power of collaboration and the collective intelligence of individuals. By embracing collaboration, Wikipedia harnessed the collective knowledge of contributors worldwide, creating a dynamic and ever-expanding platform.
Apr 19, 2005 · Today, read the continuation of Larry Sanger's account of the early history of Nupedia and Wikipedia (below), in which Sanger talks about the difficulties of governance in a large, free-wheeling project, some final attempts to save Nupedia, and how he came to resign from the organization.
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Chapter 20. The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir. Larry Sanger. An impassioned debate has been raging, particularly since about the summer of 2004, concerning the merits of Wikipedia and the future of free online encyclopedias. This discussion has not benefited by much detailed, accurate consideration of the origins of ...
Wales project, Nupedia, a more traditional encyclopedia that used expert contributors and conventional peer review. “Nupedia had a top-down structure, which included a seven-stage editorial process,” explains Wales. “We’d started with the idea that there were lots of smart people online who want to share their knowledge, but it
