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The big news yesterday

December 16, 2005 by Michael Boyle

The big news yesterday

was that a study published this month in the journal Nature has shown that there isn’t a huge difference in accuracy between Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica. I still think it’s a good idea that they’re instituting a more formal review process, but it’s important to keep the problems in perspective.

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