Google Testing "Knol" Knowledge Base


	Google Testing "Knol" Knowledge Base

davboz

12-15-2007 3:57 AM

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davboz says:

Sadly, you can't have an alternative to WikiPedia or it becomes WikiPedia ~ which would be the thing you were trying to avoid in the first place.
Quite a Conundrum.

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