Citizendium

Will it be a better source of reference then wikipedia?

Doubtful.

Wikipedia is backed by a large foundation and has a larger base of contributors (and seems likely to continue to).

I actively contribute to Wikipedia, but Citizendium is started by the same people who started Wikipedia to add more accountability to it, instead of just anybody editing and adding to or taking away.

'Better' isn't just defined by article quality but widescale usage and recognition.

true dat

Thanks for link.Now I have something to compare.We will see what is going to happend to both of them.

I don't think so, Wikipedia is fine for most of the people.

i just heard the first time about citizendium. wikipedia is much more popular than it! i think wikipedia is fine for the first impression about a topic, but if you want to get a step further you will have to use a more reliable source (that is, books or websites from universities i think)

I think Citizendium should win, as long as they get popular enough. The accountability is much better, and you will know that they are really giving you good information. All the while they still let users contribute.