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Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia and search engine published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009. Originally sold on CD-ROM or DVD, it was also available online via annual subscription, although later articles could also be viewed for free online with advertisements. [1]
Microsoft Encarta this week announced that it was adding the facility for users to suggest updates and revisions to its encyclopaedia articles. In the first post to its new blog Archived 2005-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, editorial director Gary Alt said that by allowing users to contribute to articles, the company hoped to combine the advantages of the traditional publishing model, "with its ...
Use of Encarta for free through MSN Search is limited, however, to two hours, as shown by a clock counting down the time while you view the page. And if this is a deliberate strategy to compete with Wikipedia, it may not have the same effect as Microsoft's efforts against commercial competitors, since Wikipedia is also given away free.
Last week, Microsoft's Encarta encyclopaedia announced that it was to allow users to make suggestions for article improvements (see archived story).It made the announcement with a nod to Wikipedia with the comment on the 'editing help' pages that Encarta is not like "open-content encyclopedias found elsewhere on the Web".
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Encarta article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. Put new text under old text.
Encarta "lacks the detail offered in the Wiki piece". Quotes: "Largely sound on the facts" "a marked deterioration towards the end" "leaves out the prominent theme of the Bismarck cult that flowered after his departure from office" Franco-Prussian War - Britannica (Franco-German War) - Encarta. Overview: Wikipedia article judged best.
Wikipedia is a free, collaborative, online encyclopedia which allows its users to write and edit articles via wiki software. [1] [2] The website provides a user-friendly interface for both editing on articles and reversing other users' edits. [3]: 189 Conflicts over content within articles often arise among editors, which may result in edit wars.
Wiki software File uploading, attachments Spam prevention Page access control [54] Inline HTML [55] User-customizable interface [56] Document renaming BlueSpice: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, templates and themes, html and css Yes BookStack: Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial, CSS Yes Central Desktop: Yes Yes, CAPTCHA No Yes Yes, templates and themes, html and css ...