[PW] Grading Wikipedia

[Charles Early]

The original study comparing Wikipedia to the Britannica was published in 
Nature (v.438, p. 900, 15 December 
2005):  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html. 
Incidentally, this paper links to a Wikipedia article about this and other 
outside criticisms of Wikipedia (and criticisms of the criticisms, etc.).

At 04:11 PM 5/2/2007, you wrote:
>I missed last week's discussion, but recall seeing a NYT(?) article
>about a year ago in which a study was described that showed
>Wikipedia's accuracy to be about that of the Britannica (sp?).
>
>Dave
>
>
>At 01:23 PM 5/2/2007, you wrote:
> >As a follow-up to the Wikipedia controversy on the
> >list last week, I thought I'd post a link to this
> >article from the Denver Post
> ><http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_5786064>
> >in which 5 professors from the area were asked their
> >opinion of Wikipedia's coverage of topics in their
> >areas of expertise. Only one of the profs gave
> >Wikipedia low marks for "mediocrity."
> >
> >Moi? I've edited several Wikipedia pages myself, and
> >am especially proud of the one on Yohogania County,
> >Virginia -- a place that doesn't exist anymore, indeed
> >hardly existed at all to begin with, but where I've
> >lived nearly all of my life. I did a major rewriting
> >of the page back in September of 2005, including
> >adding links to sources, not least of which are maps
> >(since much of the confusion about Yohogania is over
> >what present-day areas it covered), and most of what's
> >there now is still basically mine.
> >
> >--
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