Wikipedia

Wikipedia effectively broughtmarked the end to the Encyclopaedia Britannica series and Microsoft's Encarta, which was a CD based encyclopaedia, and even books on the periphery of the reference category, such as the venerable Who's Who series, died a slow death mostly through attrition and as demand fell off in favour of online solutions such as Wikipedia.

An online encyclopaedia, which crowd-sources authors to input content, edit and maintain editorial contentstyle. It is a non-profit organisation based in San Francisco and was founded by Jimmy Wales.

An online encyclopaedia, which crowd-sources authors to input content, edit and maintain editorial content. It is a non-profit organisation based in San Francisco and was founded by Jimmy Wales.

Wikipedia effectively brought the end to Encyclopaedia Britannica series and Microsoft's Encarta, which was a CD based encyclopaedia, and even books on the periphery of the reference category, such as the venerable Who's Who series, died a slow death mostly through attrition and as demand fell off in favour of online solutions such as Wikipedia.