[WikiEN-l] Nature compares science coverage of Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica

Bob Mellish bob at mellish.org.uk
Wed Dec 14 17:42:05 UTC 2005


On 12/14/05, Axel Boldt <axelboldt at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >From the Village Pump, found by BanyanTree: the Australian newspaper
> The Age is the first to report on Nature's formal comparison of the
> science coverage in the English Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica:
>
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/online-encyclopedias-put-to-the-test/2005/12/14/1134500913345.html
>

That's a rather good showing for Wikipedia. As soon as the issue is
available at Nature's webpage, I'll look for more details.

Bob Mellish



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