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Google isn't rejecting the wisdom of the crowd. Once an author creates a knol, the general public can improve it. People can suggest corrections, edits and amendments to the content -- a technique Google calls "a moderated edit."
Readers can also leave comments alongside the content. While the author is the arbiter of the item itself, and can reject suggestions, he or she can't delete the comments. Users can also rate knols on a five-star scale.
Further complicating the Google vs. Wikipedia storyline is the fact that Wikipedia itself has quietly but persistently been instituting checks and balances on the crowd's contributions. In fact, Wikipedian-in-Chief Jimmy Wales just announced an approval system for edits at the Wikimania conference last week. We could even be seeing the emergence of some sort of consensus among the powers behind Knol, Wikipedia, Citizendium and now, even, Encyclopedia Britannica. Levy:
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