I believe I saw a study that showed the amount of inaccuracies in Wikipedia to be about equal to those in a well trusted encyclopedia (Britannica I think?) as judged by experts on the articles being reviewed.
Interesting, but worth pointing out that this is 15 years old. One thing that I believe changed within that time is that anyone can edit articles (now, edits aren’t published until they’re approved). And in general, I believe Wikipedia has gotten better over time, though I’m not sure.
I believe I saw a study that showed the amount of inaccuracies in Wikipedia to be about equal to those in a well trusted encyclopedia (Britannica I think?) as judged by experts on the articles being reviewed.
Here’s is wikipedia’s (I’m sure very accurate) coverage of the study.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia#Assessments
Interesting, but worth pointing out that this is 15 years old. One thing that I believe changed within that time is that anyone can edit articles (now, edits aren’t published until they’re approved). And in general, I believe Wikipedia has gotten better over time, though I’m not sure.
That’s true in the German Wikipedia. It’s not true for most Wikipedia versions.
Ah, I didn’t know that. (Even though I use the English Wikipedia more than the German one.)
Here’s is wikipedia’s (I’m sure very accurate) coverage of the study.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia#Assessments