One of the extraordinary stories of the Internet age is that of
Wikipedia, a free online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. This
radical and rapidly growing publication, which includes close to 4
million entries, is now a much-used resource. But it is also
controversial: if anyone can edit entries, how do users know if
Wikipedia is as accurate as established sources such as Encyclopaedia
Britannica?
Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the
accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds.
Nature 438, 900-901 (15 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/438900a
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html
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