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'''Encyc''' is a free, general-interest encyclopedia written by volunteers using collaborative "wiki" software. It was founded in January 2008 by an anonymous user calling himself, "Emperor", who later changed his user name to "Auggie". As of July 2015 it has around 3000 articles.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
== Founder viewpoints ==
Encyc's founder asserts that he loves Wikipedia, and uses it all the time. However, there is a need for more than one wiki encyclopedia. Encyc users state that they make the internet a more diverse and interesting place. One big website tends to get homogenized, whereas a bunch of little ones can bring unique perspectives.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
== Nature of the project ==
Encyc is a kinder, gentler wiki encyclopedia. Very few users are blocked or banned, and new articles are usually welcome.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
== Critical reception ==
The project was roundly panned on [[Wikipedia]], [[Wikipedia Review]], and [[Wikipediocracy]]. Common criticisms were that it was poorly managed, run by an anonymous person, and that it needed to focus on a specialty topic in order to be able to compete with Wikipedia.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
However, in its many years of existence it has been used by scholars such as Dariusz Jemielniak, who quoted from Encyc in his book, ''Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia''.
== Contrast to Wikipedia ==
Encyc has many fewer articles, and less traffic. Encyc has fewer templates and regulations. Overall there are fewer reverts and more edits stand as they are made.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
==References==
*''Common Knowledge?: An Ethnography of Wikipedia'', by Dariusz Jemielniak. Stanford University Press. p53, 278. ISBN 0804791201, 9780804791205. May 14, 2014.
*''Genre Analysis of Online Encyclopedias: The Case of Wikipedia'', by Anna Tereszkiewic. Wydawnictwo UJ. p241. ISBN 8323328137, 9788323328131. 2013.
== External links ==
* [http://encyc.org/ Encyc]
[[Category:Internet encyclopedias]]
== Founder viewpoints ==
Encyc's founder asserts that he loves Wikipedia, and uses it all the time. However, there is a need for more than one wiki encyclopedia. Encyc users state that they make the internet a more diverse and interesting place. One big website tends to get homogenized, whereas a bunch of little ones can bring unique perspectives.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
== Nature of the project ==
Encyc is a kinder, gentler wiki encyclopedia. Very few users are blocked or banned, and new articles are usually welcome.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
== Critical reception ==
The project was roundly panned on [[Wikipedia]], [[Wikipedia Review]], and [[Wikipediocracy]]. Common criticisms were that it was poorly managed, run by an anonymous person, and that it needed to focus on a specialty topic in order to be able to compete with Wikipedia.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
However, in its many years of existence it has been used by scholars such as Dariusz Jemielniak, who quoted from Encyc in his book, ''Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia''.
== Contrast to Wikipedia ==
Encyc has many fewer articles, and less traffic. Encyc has fewer templates and regulations. Overall there are fewer reverts and more edits stand as they are made.{{cn|date=July 2015}}
==References==
*''Common Knowledge?: An Ethnography of Wikipedia'', by Dariusz Jemielniak. Stanford University Press. p53, 278. ISBN 0804791201, 9780804791205. May 14, 2014.
*''Genre Analysis of Online Encyclopedias: The Case of Wikipedia'', by Anna Tereszkiewic. Wydawnictwo UJ. p241. ISBN 8323328137, 9788323328131. 2013.
== External links ==
* [http://encyc.org/ Encyc]
[[Category:Internet encyclopedias]]