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Old 12-18-2005, 12:40 AM
manpower manpower is offline
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Default Re: Wikipedia is as accurate as Britannica.

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The average scientific entry in Wikipedia had four errors or omissions, Britannica had three.

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So they have 33% more errors, on average. That's what you call "as accurate" as Britannica?

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Slashdot reported that the Wikipedia articles were also 2.6 times longer on average than Britannica, making Wiki substantially more accurate on a word for word basis.
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