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"Citizendium, the Wikipedia competitor that will demand accountability from its users, launches in public beta today. Started last year by Larry Sanger, who was heavily involved with the creation of Wikipedia, Citizendium has been in private beta since last October.  Citizendum will operate in a very similar manner to Wikipedia: the wiki format will allow for continuous updates and constant reform from user-generated activity. \nThe information provided will come from users that feel they know enough on a given topic to contribute to a world source.  But Citizendium will differentiate itself in one very important way.  It will require users to submit their real name, and possibly credentials too.  This brings about a great amount of accountability for the contributors of Citizendium.\nThanks to the Wikipedia connection, Citizendium has gotten more mainstream press than many tech startups.  The accountability factor will carry great appeal for those in academia, who either want to show off their credentials or are discouraged from participating with Wikipedia's free-for-all format.  Nevertheless, Sanger has a lot of work to do if he would like to emerge from the shadow of Wikipedia. Sager admits in an AP interview that he had trouble finding people that were as excited about Citizendium as they were about Wikipedia's onset. The mainstream public may not want to give up all the details necessary for adding their two cents.  Then again, that is precisely the point.\n[via]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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