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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. In almost all cases, Wikipedia was...
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...
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In the accuracy category, the Britannica received one "D" and seven "A"s, Encyclopedia Americana received eight "A"s, and Collier's received one "D" and seven "A"s; thus, Britannica received an average score of 92% for accuracy to Americana 's 95% and Collier's 92%.
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Aachen ( / ˈɑːxən / ⓘ AH-khən, German: [ˈaːxn̩] ⓘ; French: Aix-la-Chapelle; [a] Aachen dialect: Oche [ˈɔːxə]; Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 252,000 inhabitants. Aachen is located at the northern foothills of the High Fens ...
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Both the blessing and the curse of Wikipedia is that everyone can editit — that means that a massive amount of articles can be written and managed thanks to the countless work hours put in by thousands of people — but it also means that inaccurate information can easily sneak in articles because thousands of people edit it. However, Wikipedia is no...
Another studyfrom 2005, this time published in Nature, compared the accuracy of a small number of articles (42) on scientific topics compared to Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica (which is traditionally considered more accurate). The articles were compared by anonymous academic reviewers, just like in scientific papers. Wikipedia had 4 errors ...
Ultimately, for a collaborative project, Wikipedia has found a remarkably efficient model. Your professors may hate it, but it’s a good source of information for most things — actually, it’s a great source of information for most things. Sure, the failures of Wikipedia are spectacular: like that time a 17-year-old student added an invented nickname...
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Dec 15, 2005 · Science. Accuracy of Wikipedia matches Britannica, review shows. CBC News · Posted: Dec 15, 2005 9:24 AM PST | Last Updated: December 15, 2005. Science articles in Wikipedia, the free...
Dec 15, 2005 · In the wake of questions of accuracy, a survey by the science journal Nature finds that science entries in the volunteer-driven, online encyclopedia Wikipedia are "not markedly less accurate"...
