Britannica to Embrace Content from...Users?

By Geoff Duncan
June 09, 2008

Wikipedia might bask in the online reference limelight - now the stalwart Encyclopedia Britannica wants to fight back with...user-generated content?

There's no question that the online reference site Wikipedia is the darling of online reference sites. Despite its share of scandals and debate surrounding the validity of citing Wikipedia articles in schoolwork and research, there's no question that the online encyclopedia made up entirely of community-generated content has been a hit with the Internet community: in terms of traffic, Wikipedia is one of the Internet's top "brands."

The stodgy and stalwart Encyclopedia Britannica has consistently poo-poo-ed Wikipedia—when it deigns to mention it at all—arguing that community-contributed articles can't hold a candle to the expert writers and careful editing to be found in their authoritative reference work. And, to be sure, Wikipedia contains its share of frivolous entries and inanities, such as a disproportionate number of entries devoted to ...

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