Microsoft Encarta Adopting Wikiesque Process 314
An anonymous reader writes "The MSN Encarta program manager announced that readers of Microsoft's encyclopedia articles can now edit articles in a Wikipedia-like fashion. Once submitted, edits are reviewed by Encarta staff members for accuracy, readability, and proofreading before being incorporated into the article." From the post: "To support this program, we've hired some new research editors. Their job will be to help you out with things like fact-checking, syntax, and editorial style. Every writer can use a good editor, and we see no reason that community contributors deserve any less." J adds: This won't be a big surprise, but "Your submissions to Encarta must be your own work" and "you grant Microsoft permission to use, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate and reformat your Submission."
First that, then this?! (Score:5, Funny)
It had to be... (Score:5, Funny)
2. Patent it under some dumb name.
3. ???
4. Profit! In Soviet Microsoft, software patents edit YOU!!!
Seriously, though, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, etc...
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Goatse.cx? (Score:4, Funny)
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I don't know how I can trust it otherwise.
Bud Light Presents Real Men of Genius (Score:5, Funny)
(Real Men of Genius)
Today we salute you Mr. Aaron Patterson
(Mr. Aaron Patterson)
Where would this world be without you and your innovations like typing www.en.wikkipedia.org into your address bar and copying virtually every feature off of it.
(Mr Copycat)
Thanks you for giving us the brilliant new features of user contributions and a clean fresh design just like www.en.wikkipedia.org.
(Who do you think you're fooling?)
Few men are brave enough to steal an idea and call it their own, but you have no problem posting about it on your blog.
(Look at ME!)
So crack open an ice cold Bud Light Mr Aaron Patterson You have high standands when it come to the online encyclopedia industry, and intelectual property
(Mr. Aaron Patterson)
The following entries would be interesting then... (Score:5, Funny)
2) Linux
3) SCO
4) Longhorn
5) U.S. Department of Justice
This confirms it (Score:5, Funny)
The end is the beginning, the end of days, dogs and cats living together. Tux and Clippy playing ring around the posie (sp?)
Re:To follow ... (Score:2, Funny)
next thing you know... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The following entries would be interesting then (Score:1, Funny)
The neutrality of this article is undisputed.
All I can say is.. (Score:5, Funny)
now wheres that patent application?
fact-checking? (Score:5, Funny)
And the new features are... (Score:2, Funny)
(1) The "Encarta Answers" service for getting instant answers to your questions will be available in four new languages. Repeat "FOUR" new languages. Boy, was that tough!
(2) Whole site gets a new makeover, with a simpler, cleaner design. It makes all of our pages load a bit faster, too. Yep, we figure somehow clean sites are not only cleaner, they are a lot clear too. And that makes more space for all those ads too.
(4) Last but not least, we stopped showing ads to Encarta Premium users! This is something that many of you have asked for, and we decided to do the right thing for our customers. Look, no ads when you pay. Now are we great customer lovers or what!
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The third feature will be due next version.
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Re:Forget 'criticism', let's (Score:1, Funny)
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Ah, my mistake. I thought you were addressing me as Buster and suggesting that Microsoft was writing Open Source Child Porn.
I mean, really, is Microsoft above alleging a connection between Child Porn and Open Source Software?
I'm sure Dr. Oxford himself would concur regarding such a connection [pointlesswasteoftime.com], after all.
Re:Pattern? (Score:3, Funny)
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