Let us, please, remember that the Nature study was of a small number of
technical scientific entires. These are likely to be entered by people
who are specialists in the fields to which they relate. The kinds of
entires that are most likely to be affected by amateur (or saboteur)
opinions are those related to historical, social, or political content
(or anything else that "everyone" has an opinion about, unlike, say
molybdenum). Indeed, according to the Nature article itself, "the most
error-strewn article, that on Dmitry Mendeleev, co-creator of the
periodic table," an entry about a historical figure. This, as well, was
where Britannica (though not perfect) also showed the greatest advantage
over Wikipedia.
Regards,
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
416-736-5115 ex. 66164
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David Daniel wrote:
Hi everybody,
The story Joe refers to is derived from the journal Nature. Nature recently
compared the accuracy of Wikipedia to the encyclopedia Britannica. They
concluded that the accuracy rate was comparable:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-14-nature-wiki_x.htm
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/13409033.htm
David
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