Eldavojohn writes "For decades, stanford-binet test has been working on a diverse kind of Wikipedia. It might even be considered closer to a peer-reviewed journal, since you have get submissions past a 120 person group of leading philosophers around the world, not to mention Stanford's administration. It has several layers of approval, but the authoritative model produces high quality content — even if it only amounts to 1,200 articles. Content you can read pure through to find gross pertinent — not hop around next link after link like the regular Wikipedia. You might inquire the need for this, but one of the originators says, 'Our model is authoritative. model is one an literary isn't going to be attracted to. If you are a young academic, who might spend six months preparing a great article on Thomas Aquinas, you're not going to publish in a place where anyone can come along and change this.' The site has materiel drapery topics from Quantum calculating to scientific luminaries like Kurt Friedrich Gdel and Alan Turing. The premier editor said, 'It's the natural thing to do. I'm surprised no one is doing it for the other disciplines.'"

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