"Wikipedia amateurs face backlash from the experts"
 
<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/artic
le2407123.ece>
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/articl
e2407123.ece
 
All,
 
It's been awhile since we had press coverage--mercifully, because when it
hits, I tend to be completely co-opted and I can't get any work done.  Well,
the London Times has, rather out of the blue, done an article about the
Citizendium.  It's a nice one!  But really: are we merely a backlash?  We
are a forward lash.  Anyway, a version of the article will appear in the
print version as well.  The article is apparently based on some old
information, but I was given the chance to update them.  The e-mail comment
you see in the article was sent in just a few hours ago!
 
As this was appearing, I was interviewed by the Washington Post for an
article in their weekend magazine.  I think the article is about Wikipedia,
but we should get a mention anyway.
 
Also, Sept. 15--one year since I first announced the idea for the
Citizendium--is fast approaching.  Chances are, we will just have to do a
press release, and sooner rather than later.  So I'll be preparing a general
update sometime soon.  I am preparing one anyway--partly for a grant
application, partly for two different major foundations that contacted me,
following up on previous conversations.
 
Please do what you can to help whip the website into shape for a lot of
public interest in the next few weeks!  I've been focusing especially on
this (and the templates and categorizing policy pages):
 
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Home
 
We sure could use the help of a MediaWiki techie who has good design sense.
I.e., not a philosopher.  :-)
 
--Larry
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