Encarta meets Wikipedia - great news for consumers!

Great to see Microsoft taking a positive position in regards to competing with such a great offering like Wikipedia.

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Microsoft Encarta Adopting Wikiesque Process

"The MSN Encarta program manager announced that readers of Microsoft's encyclopedia articles can now edit articles in a Wikipedia-like fashion. Once submitted, edits are reviewed by Encarta staff members for accuracy, readability, and proofreading before being incorporated into the article." From the post: "To support this program, we’ve hired some new research editors. Their job will be to help you out with things like fact-checking, syntax, and editorial style. Every writer can use a good editor, and we see no reason that community contributors deserve any less."

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