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Session start · Talk start · Quotes · Background · Wikis as science communication platforms ·
Wikis as platforms for Open Access publishing · Prototypes · Editorial policies · Guided tour ·
Obstacles · Alternatives · Outlook · Summary · Slides · Video · Q & A · Demo

Table 1

	Wikipedia	Citizendium	Scholarpedia	Encyclopedia of Earth	PLoS ONE
Scope of site	All human knowledge	All human knowledge	Starting out with a few core areas but potentially all scholarly knowledge	Earth sciences	Starting out with biomedicine but potentially all scholarly knowledge
Original research	No	Possibly	No	No	Only
Review model	Post publication	Post publication	Post publication	Pre publication	Pre publication
License	CC-BY-SA	CC-BY-SA	mostly © but also CC-BY-NC-ND and GFDL	CC-BY-SA	CC-BY

Table 2

	Wikipedia	Citizendium	Scholarpedia	Encyclopedia of Earth	PLoS ONE
Minimal qualification to submit an article for review	None	None	Invitation or community election, based on specialist expertise	None	None
Minimal qualification to review	None	None	Invitation based on specialist expertise	Invitation based on specialist expertise	Invitation based on specialist expertise
Minimal qualification to modify content before review	None	None	None	None	None
Minimal qualification to modify reviewed content	None	Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field	Approval by curator	Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field	N.A. for PDF version; None for annotations