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Their significance in public life was been almost completely replaced by Wikipedia, though
by ChrisKnott 3y ago
Their significance in public life was been almost completely replaced by Wikipedia, though
- lifthrasiir 3y agoWikipedia articles are not consumed like traditional encyclopedias anyway. I would say that encyclopedias became much less relevant in general, but being one of the first influencial online encyclopedias, Wikipedia came to be used as a volatile source of information even though it didn't strive to be one.
- emj 3y agoWe used them for further research or quick look up of facts you should know. That seems to be how people use Wikipedia.
- lifthrasiir 3y agoThat's how people should use Wikipedia, but people generally don't do so in my understanding.
- blowski 3y agoHow do they use it then?
- chgs 3y agoWe used to copy articles out of them for homework. The more things change…
- szundi 3y agoAs a meager pedestrian, I consume Wikipedia instead of Encyclopedias - that I sometimes did when I was a kid
- bawolff 3y agoIdk if it was the first. Microsoft encarta was a pretty big player in that space back in the day.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoBut not among the paying clientele.
- Erwin 3y agoHere in Denmark we have an online lexicon which is managed by (barely paid) scientists and experts. For every article you can see which scientist was involved in making it, what expert is responsible for the area etc. https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/ https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/