For all its faults, Wikipedia has become the online encyclopedia of choice for most people. Now its older, venerable colleague, the Encyclopedia Britannica, is borrowing one of Wikipedia’s ideas – after a fashion – by letting selected readers and experts maintain and update entries in its online version.
Also, some experts will be given “rewards” and helped to promote their knowledge, the BBC reports. But the encyclopedia is adamant that it won’t be open to letting just anyone make contributions and amendments.
In a blog, Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopedia Britannica wrote:
