Interpedia
Template:Short description Template:Infobox website Interpedia was one of the first-proposed online encyclopedias which would allow anyone to contribute by writing articles and submitting them to the central catalogue of all Interpedia pages.
History
[edit]Interpedia was initiated by Rick Gates, who posted a message titled "The Internet Encyclopedia" on October 25, 1993 to the PACS-L (Public-Access Computer Systems Forum) Listserv.<ref>PACS-L Listserv message "The Internet Encyclopedia", Oct 25, 1993 (archived)</ref> That message included the following musings:
In November 1993, discussions moved to a dedicated mailing list,<ref>PACS-L Listserv message "Internet Encyclopedia (Interpedia) group project and mailing list", Nov 17, 1993</ref> supplemented later by Usenet newsgroup Template:Mono.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Interpedia FAQ (February 1994)</ref>
Several independent "Seal-of-approval" (SOAP) agencies were envisioned which would rate Interpedia articles based on criteria of their own choosing; users could then decide which agencies' recommendations to follow.<ref>Interpedia FAQ 15-MAR-94, section 4.2: "What are Seals of Approval (SOAP)?"</ref>
The project was actively discussed for around half a year, but never left the planning stages, perhaps partly due to the unprecedented growth of the World Wide Web.<ref>Joseph Reagle: Wikipedia's heritage: vision, pragmatics, and happenstance — section 3.2, Interpedia</ref>
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[edit]- Interpedia's disclaimer by John Hunt
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