One Small Step for Citizendium
From the Wired Campus post:

For the first time, the site — a “progressive fork” of Wikipedia that puts scholars in charge of content — is inviting Web surfers to register and start making editorial contributions…Citizendium was created last year by Larry Sanger, a founder of Wikipedia who has since criticized the site for being too easy on vandals and too hard on scholars (The Chronicle, October 27). Mr. Sanger announced that his encyclopedia would resemble a representative democracy: Any Web user would be allowed to edit content, he promised, but experts with “the qualifications typically needed for a tenure-track academic position” would be authorized to override any alterations.

Source: Wired Campus

UPDATE: From the Citizendium Web Site

Contrary to some press reports, we have not “opened our doors.” We have only made it possible for people to quickly self-register. You can see the Citizendium pilot wiki now, but you have to register first.

See Also: IWR Interviews Larry Sanger, Wikipedia Founding Member and Now Editor-in-Chief of Citizendium (RS, 12/2006)

See Also: Law Professor Predicts Wikipedia’s Demise (via Information Week)

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