Wikipedia's parents set up websites that compete with 'children'.

Larry Sanger announced that he will launch a dictionary page called Citizendium to compete with Wikipedia later this year. He was the one who, together with Jimmy Wales, founded the online full-service dictionary website, Wikipedia in 2001.

Shortly after appearing online, Wikipedia quickly became the largest online dictionary, with about 1.4 million search entries. The feature, which is also the reason for the huge size and popularity of Wikipedia, is that anyone can write or edit the information posted on this website.

Source: Ricos Founder Jimmy Wales is proud to say that the process of building such a new and democratic dictionary expresses the importance of 'personal rights':' Every individual has a responsibility or a right to think, evaluate and decide for yourself. 'But in many people's minds, a reliable dictionary has to be compiled and edited by people with expertise, such as editors, but cannot let the public like to write anything. in a bluff.

The downside of Wikipedia is most evident in sensitive political topics. These headings are often inaccurate or objective, but imbued with the political views of the individual writer. However, until now, Jimmy Wales still avoided using editorial staff, perhaps to protect the characteristic democracy that made Wikipedia different from traditional dictionaries.

What Jimmy Wales thinks is democratic, Larry Sanger is critical and chaotic. Larry Sanger said he left Wikipedia just a year after the website was created because of the unreliable and unmanaged editorial process of Wikipedia. Mr. Sanger hopes the Citizendium rival dictionary will fix Wikipedia's drawbacks.

Specifically, Citizendium will use specialized editors. According to Larry Sanger, those who volunteer as editors will have to undergo a qualification test, based on traditional assessment criteria such as 'qualifications, or membership in professional organizations.' Citizendum will also set up a volunteer 'police' team to resolve disputes between dissident collaborators.

As planned, Citizendium will be released to the public later this year. But 'only in the next few days,' a limited number of editors are invited and previous subscribers can access this dictionary. In the beginning, Citizendium will re-edit all Wikipedia articles, a job that Larry Sanger compares to cleaning up the dirty and dirty "stables" that the athlete Hie Quyn must have in myth. do.

Do Linh