What is a better alternative to Wikipedia?
Though it’s been overshadowed by Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced approach in recent years, Encyclopedia Britannica is still one of the most respected reference works in the world. Scholarpedia uses the same software as Wikipedia, MediaWiki, but keeps the philosophy of a more traditional encyclopedia.
Is there a German Wikipedia?
The German Wikipedia (German: Deutschsprachige Wikipedia) is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia. It has the second-largest number of edits behind the English Wikipedia and over 260,000 disambiguation pages.
What is the best encyclopedia online?
Encyclopedias
- Britannica. Highly respected encyclopedia in publication since 1768.
- Catholic Encyclopedia. 10,000 articles on Catholic history, interests, and doctrine.
- Columbia Encyclopedia (via FactMonster)
- Computer Desktop Encyclopedia.
- Credo Reference.
- Encyclopedia Mythica.
- Encyclopedia of Life.
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Is Britannica free?
Encyclopedia Britannica offers its entire database online for no charge. The entire Encyclopedia Britannica, a 32-volume set that sells for $1,250 in book form, has been placed on the Internet free of charge, the publishers of the 231-year-old reference work announced Tuesday.
What are wiki sites?
A wiki is a site that is designed for groups of people to quickly capture and share ideas by creating simple pages and linking them together. Your organization can use a wiki for a variety of uses. On a large scale, you can share large volumes of information in an Enterprise wiki.
How many wiki sites are there?
The list includes 11 Wikipedias that were closed and moved to the Wikimedia Incubator for further development, leaving a current total of 314 active Wikipedias. Content in other languages is being developed at the Wikimedia Incubator; languages which meet certain criteria can get their own wikis.