Edited entry: Wiki IS useless!
just before lunchtime on Thursday, the 23rd of March 2006 by Chad
Nature mag cooked Wikipedia study
Nature magazine has some tough questions to answer after it let its Wikipedia fetish get the better of its responsibilities to reporting science. The Encyclopedia Britannica has published a devastating response to Nature’s December comparison of Wikipedia and Britannica, and accuses the journal of misrepresenting its own evidence.
Essentially it came down to not only is Wikipedia mostly useless in any argument, its supporters have to lie and cook the data for comparisons to relatively reliable resources.
![[del.icio.us]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/delicious.png)
![[Digg]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/digg.png)
![[Facebook]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/facebook.png)
![[MySpace]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/myspace.png)
![[Sphere]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/sphere.png)
![[StumbleUpon]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/stumbleupon.png)
![[Technorati]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/technorati.png)
![[Windows Live]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/windowslive.png)
![[Email]](http://pirate-king.com/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/email.png)
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...
March 29th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
I. Why Wikipedia Will Win…
Because Encyclopaedia Britannica missed the moment and Wikipedia is an example of the Web 2.0 changes that will be driving social and cultural shifts-to-come. The monumental moment of change is happening now. It is about mastering and capturing the cha…