My current project aims to address many of these concerns with a new kind of reference website. The goal is to be complementary in license to Wikipedia, but with a different organizational model that is better able to accept any topic and casual contributors. (That is, it's definitely not Just-Another-MediaWiki-Install or content fork.)
I'm still pre-launch but I discuss the themes and motivations in a blog at:
I'm still pre-launch but I discuss the themes and motivations in a blog at:
http://infinithree.org