Larry Sanger creates his own version of Wikipedia...

While I love using Wikipedia and I have found it to be an amazing resource of information, there have been problems at time with the way almost anyone can edit information. The recent story of Sinbad being listed as dead is just one example of the type of problems that have happened. Larry Sanger who some believe was involved as a co-founder to the concept of Wikipedia has decided that this concept can be done better. According to this AP news piece:

This week, Sanger takes the wraps off a Wikipedia alternative, Citizendium. His goal is to capture Wikipedia's bustle but this time, avoid the vandalism and inconsistency that are its pitfalls.

Like Wikipedia, Citizendium will be nonprofit, devoid of ads and free to read and edit. Unlike Wikipedia, Citizendium's volunteer contributors will be expected to provide their real names. Experts in given fields will be asked to check articles for accuracy.

"If there's going to be a free encyclopedia, I'd like there to be a better free encyclopedia," says Sanger, 38, who has a doctorate in philosophy and speaks slowly, as if cautiously choosing every word. "It has bothered me that I helped to get a project started, Wikipedia, that people are misusing in this way, and yet the project itself has little chance of radically improving."