WikiPedia: WhatsTheRelationshipBetweenWikipediaAndNupedia

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[Nupedia.com] is an open content, international, peer reviewed project run by LarrySanger, who got the idea of supplementing NuPedia with a less formal "wiki" encyclopedia project. So there is a historical connection between the projects. Both NuPedia and WikiPedia are originated (though not solely controlled) by BoMis, a WebPortal? company. So there is a management connection.

[Nupedia.com] is an open content, international, peer reviewed project run by LarrySanger, who got the idea of supplementing NuPedia with a less formal "wiki" encyclopedia project. So there is a historical connection between the projects. Both NuPedia and WikiPedia are originated by BoMis, a WebPortal? company. So there is a management connection.

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We hope the projects will be complementary.

[Nupedia.com] is an open content, international, peer reviewed project run by LarrySanger, who got the idea of supplementing NuPedia with a less formal "wiki" encyclopedia project. So there is a historical connection between the projects. Both NuPedia and WikiPedia are originated by BoMis, a WebPortal? company. So there is a management connection.

There is no editorial connection between the projects, however. The participants in NuPedia do not necessarily condone the contents or methods of WikiPedia--and vice-versa!

We hope the projects will be complementary.