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Wikipedia vs Britannica Part Deux

Further to the comparison of Wikipedia and Britannica in the 15 December 2005 issue of Nature, Britannica has taken issue with that study. Nature has responded with this statement.

I don't really have anything to add — people can judge for themselves. But for anyone who wants to read more, I'm collecting to links to this stuff on Connotea under the tag "wikipedia".

Posted by Timo Hannay on March 24, 2006 03:51 AM |

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There's also an editorial in this week's Nature. It's currently subscriber-only, but the gist is similar to the Nature response linked to above.

Posted by: Timo Hannay | March 29, 2006 05:34 PM

The editorial mentioned in the previous comment is now free.

Posted by: Timo Hannay | March 30, 2006 09:23 AM

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