Nupedia

Nupedia was a Web-based encyclopedia whose articles were written by experts and licensed as free content. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief. Nupedia lasted from March 2000 until September 2003, and is mostly known now as the predecessor of Wikipedia. Nupedia was characterized by an extensive peer-review process designed to make its articles of a quality comparable to professional encyclopedias. Nupedia wanted scholars to volunteer content for free. Before it ceased operating, Nupedia produced 24 articles that completed its review process (three articles also existed in two versions of different lengths), and 74 more articles were in progress.

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Web-based - Encyclopedia - Free content - Jimmy Wales - Bomis - Larry Sanger - March 2000 - September 2003 - Wikipedia - Peer-review

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