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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: Britannica to adopt Wiki style Archived from groups: rec>arts>books (more info?)

From this morning's (June 16) Merc News" "Join the experts! Soon you, your family, friends - and even that nut case down the street - can publish in the venerable Encyclopedia Britannica. "Britannica is opening its online pages to the masses, inviting public postings. "Save any trivia about SpongeBob SquarePants for Wikipedia. But if you want to contribute, by name, to the history of Queen Elizabeth I, Britannica is interested." Details in the paper that isn't the Chronicle. http://www.mercurynews.com/alamedacounty/ci_9599914 "A day without KGO is like a day without the Mercury News." Jim Work in progress at www.newcrosscomp.com >> Stay informed about: Britannica to adopt Wiki style

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