 Although Bomis began a search for experts to vet Nupedia articles , this proved tedious . In August 2000 Nupedia had more than 60 academics contributing to the peer @-@ review process on the site , most with doctor of philosophy or doctor of medicine degrees . Scholars wishing to contribute to Nupedia were required to submit their credentials via fax for verification . At that time , Bomis was attempting to obtain advertising revenue for Nupedia and the company was optimistic that it could fund the project with ad space on <unk> 
