Citizendium Makes Its Bow

A new online encyclopedia, Citizendium, has debuted. It is edited and reviewed, and contributors must identify themselves. Its founder is Larry Sanger, who with Jimmy Wales, co-founded Wikipedia. Mr. Sanger hopes to avoid some of the problems that haved plagued Wikipedia, such as defamatory entries (one entry stated that the journalist John Seigenthaler was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Read more about Citizendium here and here.