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Veropedia was a free, advertising-supported Internet encyclopedia project launched in late October 2007. It was taken down in January 2009 pending creation of a new version, which never arrived. Veropedia editors chose Wikipedia articles that met the site's reliability standards; information was then scraped, or chosen by an automatic process, and thereafter a stable version of the article was posted on Veropedia. Any improvements required for articles to reach a standard suitable for Veropedia had to be done on Wikipedia itself. This model was intended to provide benefits to both projects: Wikipedia's open nature and large volume, and Veropedia's stability and perpetuity.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=FAQ ) 〕〔 the site, still in beta, had checked and imported more than 5,800 articles〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Veropedia main page )〕 from the English Wikipedia into its public database.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All Articles )〕 Although Veropedia intended to eventually support itself completely through advertising, the project was mainly financed by those involved in the project,〔 〕 and in January 2009 it disabled articles and advertisements and announced a coming "Beta2". The "Beta2" never arrived and the articles were not restored. ==History== Veropedia was started by a group of experienced Wikipedia editors, including founder Daniel Wool, who had prior experience editing a variety of reference works including ''Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World'' and was an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation until spring 2007.〔 By November 2007, roughly 100 Wikipedia editors were involved in the project. The help of academics who had worked on Wikipedia was also being sought.〔 An explanatory page on the site stated that similar projects in languages other than English might be launched; it distinguished Veropedia from "expert-driven" wikis such as Citizendium. In January 2009, the encyclopedia contents were removed and replaced with a message stating that "The original version of Veropedia has been taken down for now while we work on a new Veropedia. This new Veropedia will have a superior method of handling articles and introduces an improved interface." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Veropedia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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