Internet encyclopaedias go head to head
Published by Picturesque on Friday, December 16, 2005 at 9:26 AM.
How do Britannica and Wikipedia compare in terms of accuracy? Suprisingly they are very close. On average, Britannica has 3 errors per article and Wikipedia has four. One would have thought that with Britannica's image and length of time doing this sort of thing, that they'd be more accurate. You would also think that because of the way articles are contributed and edited in the Wikipedia that there would be many more errors. Suprises abound. What's more alarming is that you really can't trust anything you read. If the average article in a popular informational site has a number of errors, can you believe anything on the Internet? news @ nature.com - Internet encyclopaedias go head to head - Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds.
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