2012/1/20 Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net>: >> http://savageminds.org/2012/01/19/wikipedia-encyclopedias/ >> >> >> - d. > > Note that citing references is forbidden; proof Wikipedia is not a real > encyclopedia.
Thank you very much for this link, David. I submitted an article for a four-volume paper encyclopedia recently. I shall definitely write in detail about my experience after it will be published in a few moths from now. In the meantime i can say that i was not told not to cite references. I just received a style guide for citing them, which is completely reasonable. So different paper encyclopedias are, well, different. The biggest difference was in the editorial process - deciding on the scope of the article, finding reviewers, proofreading, communicating with other writers etc. Since it's not over yet, i cannot write more about it, but the comparison between that and writing for Wikipedia would be hugely interesting. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
