CCL: CCL and Google Base or Wikipedia, or web-based journals

[Yao-Ying Chien <chieny]~[msu.edu>]

 Sent to CCL by: Yao-Ying Chien [chieny%msu.edu]
Ivan Tubert-Brohman ivan.tubert-brohman{}yale.edu said the following
 on
 2005/11/22  08:48p:
>  Sent to CCL by: Ivan Tubert-Brohman [ivan.tubert-brohman:yale.edu]
>  Bill Ross ross^-^cgl.ucsf.edu wrote:
>  
> >  Sent to CCL by: Bill Ross [ross|a|cgl.ucsf.edu]
> >  I would be very hesitant to cite wikipedia because it will change -
> >  hopefully for the better - so that in some number of years the
> >  citation may not make much sense.
> >  
> >  
> That's a non-issue. You can always cite the specific version of the
>  page
>  you are seeing right now, same as any older revision, because all the
>  revisions are archived. This actually makes it more citable than most
>  other websites!
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>  
>  
 This is becoming interesting. I have been wondering:
 1. to publish, we need to pay
 2. to read literatures, we need to pay.
While many of the research articles are funded by government (= public
 money), but they can only be accessed by subscribers. I heard from a
 mathematician that they publish their papers on web-based journals for
 free with peers review.  The readers can add comments on the web-based
 journals, since many eyes are better than 3 pairs. Many of the Fields
 Award receivers support the journals. I am interested in hearing
 discussions in this. For example, is similar trend appearing in
 computational chemistry? All aspects are appreciated.
 Thanks,
 Yao