[Web4lib] Wikipedia vs Britannica

[Jeremy Dunck]

On 12/14/05, Sloan, Bernie <bernies at uillinois.edu> wrote:
> The following interesting item was forwarded to me by a colleague
> (Sharon Stoerger):
>
> Giles, Jim. Internet encyclopaedias go head to head. Nature. Published
> online: 14 December 2005; | doi:10.1038/438900a
> http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html
>
> "Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the
> accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds."

Nature's methods are being called into question:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/23/britannica_wikipedia_nature_study/

I had previously gotten some info on the methods not originally
published w/ the story.  I'll see if I can dig that up.

Whether true or not, this makes the original item even more interesting.