[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia trumps Britannica

2010-05-04 Thread Keith Old
Folks, According to John Graham-Cumming, Wikipedia is a better resource for researchers than Britannica. http://newstilt.com/notthatkindofdoctor/news/wikipedia-trumps-britannia http://newstilt.com/notthatkindofdoctor/news/wikipedia-trumps-britanniaWhile writing The Geek Atlas I used both

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia trumps Britannica

2010-05-04 Thread Charles Matthews
Keith Old wrote: Folks, According to John Graham-Cumming, Wikipedia is a better resource for researchers than Britannica. http://newstilt.com/notthatkindofdoctor/news/wikipedia-trumps-britannia snip Initially, I’d find myself double-checking facts on Wikipedia by looking in

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia trumps Britannica

2010-05-04 Thread AGK
What I discovered was that Wikipedia trumps Britanncia all the time because its articles are in more depth and provide better references. And the site design means that Wikipedia is easily navigable and focuses on the content, whereas Britannica’s site assaults the eyes with distractions. Not

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia trumps Britannica

2010-05-04 Thread Carcharoth
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Keith Old keith...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, According to John Graham-Cumming, Wikipedia is a better resource for researchers than Britannica. http://newstilt.com/notthatkindofdoctor/news/wikipedia-trumps-britannia

Re: [WikiEN-l] Flagged protection and patrolled revisions

2010-05-04 Thread William Pietri
These are great questions, and we're actually having a big meeting about the project this afternoon, so I'll be sure to raise them to make sure we all have the same notion. That said, a few of quick responses from my perspective: On 05/03/2010 08:15 AM, Carcharoth wrote: Since it does seem