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# Encyclopedia
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## Notable/Nice Encyclopedias
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Here is a list of notable encyclopedias, focused on general knowledge English language ones.
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{ See also https://wikiindex.org/. ~drummyfish }
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| name | year | legal status | format | ~articles | comment |
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| ------------------------------ | ----- | ---------------- | ----------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Britannica 11th edition | 1910 | PD (old) | 29 vol. | 40K | legendary enc., digitized (gutenberg) |
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| Britannica online |...now | proprietary | online | 130K | bloated, high quality articles, ads |
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| [Citizendium](citizendium.md) |2006...|proprietary? (NC) | online | 18K | Wikipedia alternative, censored, faggots have unclear license |
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|[Conservaedia](conservapedia.md)|2006...| proprietary | online | 52K | American fascist wiki, has basic factual errors |
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| Desk Reference Encyclopedia | 1995 | proprietary | 1 vol. 800p | 200K? | by James Hughes, nice illustrations, quality articles { I bought this. ~drummyfish } |
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| Encyclopedia Dramatica |2004...| PD (CC0) | online | 15K | informal/fun/"offensive" but valuable info (on society, tech, ...), basically no censorship, no propaganda |
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| Illustrated Family Encyclopedia| 1997 | proprietary | 2 vol. 920p | 5K | kid-friendly, nice pictures, USA bias, piratable |
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|[Infogalactic](infogalactic.md) | | CC BY-SA | online | 2M | Wikipedia fork, no SJW censorship, FOR PROFIT (you can buy article control lol), can't make accounts |
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| [LRS wiki](lrs_wiki.md) |2021...| PD (CC0) | online/elec.| 500 | best encyclopedia, focused on tech/society, no censorship |
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| [Metapedia](metapedia.md) | | GFDL | online | 7K | Wikipedia fork, online, no SJW censorship, ATM limited account creation, "pro-European" fascism |
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|Microsoft [Encarta](encarta.md) |...2009| proprietary | electronic | 62K | Micro$oft enc., low quality articles (errors), MS propaganda (no free software etc. lol), is on archive.org|
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| Simple English Wikipedia |2001...| CC BY-SA | online | 200K | Wikipedia with simpler language and simpler explanations, censored |
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| The Nuttall Encyclopaedia | 1907 | PD (old) | 1 vol. | 16K | short articles, oldschool, 16K articles, digitized (gutenberg) |
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| [Vikidia](vikidia.md) | | CC BY-SA | online | 4K | "Wikipedia for kids", probably as censored as Wikipedia |
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|Webster's Unabridged Dictionary |1864 | PD (old) | paper | 476K | short descriptions, digitized (gutenberg) |
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| [Wikipedia](wikipedia.md) |2001...| CC BY-SA | online | 6M | largest and most famous, EXTREME PSEUDOLEFTIST CENSORSHIP AND POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, free culture |
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| Old Wikipedia | 2001 | GFDL | online | 19K | archived old Wikipedia, less censorship, https://nostalgia.wikipedia.org |
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| Pears' Cyclopedia | 1897 | PD (old) | 1 vol. 740p | | contains dictionary, general knowl. maps, reference etc., scanned on archive.org |
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| The World Book |1917...| proprietary | 22 vol. | 17K | best selling print enc., large, probably high quality |
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| The World Book 1917 |1917 | PD (old) | 8 vol. | 3K | nicely readable |
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