> On Dec 13, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Gary Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with Edwina. There have now been a number of studies comparing > Wikipedia and Britannica, such as this published in Nature > https://www.cnet.com/news/study-wikipedia-as-accurate-as-britannica/ > <https://www.cnet.com/news/study-wikipedia-as-accurate-as-britannica/> > showing that they are about equal in accuracy.
For the record I wouldn’t trust Britannica on technical topics either. I think the Britannica/Wikipedia comparison is a bit problematic though. On more general topics such as traditional encyclopedias cover I’m sure Wikipedia is typically fine. It’s the more narrow topics where problems tend to pop up.
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