Britannica experiments with user-generated content

Clearly, Encyclopaedia Britannica is not adopting a "wisdom of the crowds" approach. It often leads the charge against sites such as Wikipedia--which relies on user-contributed content--and now, Encyclopaedia Britannica is implementing a "tightly controlled system" that leverages on user-generated content. 

What will happen, according to a set of blog posts outlining the new policy, is that contributors will be encouraged to create profiles highlighting their qualifications and a listing of related works. Encyclopaedia Britannica will furnish these experts with a "reward system" to generate new content, comment on existing entries or possibly furnish updated versions of content. All contributions to Encyclopaedia Britannica's core content will continue to be vetted by their editorial staff before publication.

For more about the shift over at Britannica:
- check out this Ars Technica article