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     • A review of 42 science articles by subject experts for Nature found Wikipedia was as accurate as Britannica. A study by Oxford University of 22 English-language articles, funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, concluded it was more accurate than Britannica.
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   Is Wikipedia more accurate than Britannica?

   • Opinions on accuracy were almost equal between the two encyclopedias (6 favoring Britannica, 7 favoring Wikipedia, 5 stating they were equal), and eleven of the eighteen (61%) found Wikipedia somewhat or substantially more complete, compared to seven of the eighteen (39%) for Britannica.

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   How reliable is wikipedia?

   • Wikipedia's reliability has been tested at least by evaluating its articles on natural sciences (Giles 2005), medicine (Pender et al. 2008), pharmacology (Clauson et al. 2008), history (Rector 2008), philosophy (Bragues 2007), and political science (Brown 2011). ... ...

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   Is Wikipedia a good Encyclopaedia?

   • Furthermore, although inaccuracy is an important component in need of evaluation, Wikipedia was not irremediably inaccurate, doing quite well when compared to more traditional encyclopaedia sources as Britannica (Giles, 2005;Chesney, 2006;Rosenzweig, 2006; Rector, 2008). ... ...

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   How do you know if a Wikipedia article is reliable?

   • The reliability of Wikipedia articles can be measured by the following criteria: Vandalism of a Wikipedia article. The section on the left is the normal, undamaged version; and on the right is the vandalized, damaged version. Several "market-oriented" extrinsic measures demonstrate that large audiences trust Wikipedia in one way or another.

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   Encyclopædia Britannica also argued that a breakdown of the errors indicated that the mistakes in Wikipedia were more often the inclusion of incorrect facts, while the mistakes in Britannica were "errors of omission", making "Britannica far more accurate than Wikipedia, according to the figures".

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4. www.straightdope.com › 21344154 › is-wikipedia-moreIs Wikipedia more reliable than the Encyclopaedia Britannica?

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   Jul 13, 2012 · The question isn’t whether Wikipedia is reliable. No one with a grasp of the situation contends it is, including co-founder Jimmy Wales. Wales justly observes that serious researchers would be foolish to rely on any encyclopedia.

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   Sep 13, 2022 · A study by Oxford University of 22 English-language articles, funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, concluded it was more accurate than Britannica. But these are just samples; Wikipedia is uneven.

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   Wikipedia slants more often than Britannica to the left of the political spectrum. As with other reference works, most faculty instruct students not to cite Wikipedia. But some go further, advising students not to consult Wikipedia as a background source.

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   Feb 15, 2008 · Rector [18] compares Wikipedia articles on history against Britannica, the Dictionary of American History, National Biography Online, and report that Wikipedia's accuracy rate is 80%, while other...

9. hbswk.hbs.edu › item › 7689Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

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   Jan 19, 2015 · They found that in general, Wikipedia articles were more biased—with 73 percent of them containing code words, compared to just 34 percent in Britannica. “We can only say [that] Wikipedia is more left. We can't say which is reflecting true reality” In almost all cases, Wikipedia was more left-leaning than Britannica. Dividing articles ...