When in doubt: Citizendium!

Wikipedia’s getting some competition from a service rather unfortunately named Citizendium. Its creator, Larry Sanger (shown here), says the site will provide a forum in which anyone can contribute, but articles will be signed and experts identified. The idea is to establish an air of authority and reduce errors—but there’s already a snag. Sanger identifies himself as the co-founder of Wikipedia, along with Jimmy Wales, who remains the online encyclopedia’s leader. Wales has dismissed that claim as “absurd” and “laughable,” saying at least 20 others had as much to do with Wiki’s founding as Sanger.