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Old 12-11-2014, 06:54 PM   #25
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It is scalable because anybody can contribute. You do not have to be an expert.
Or have any idea what you're talking about.

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And learned review also leads to inaccuracies. Didn't the empirical study show that there was little difference in accuracy between wikipedia and Britannica?
Again, it depends on what it's an encyclopedia of. Wikipedia does not claim to be the same kind of encyclopedia as Britannica. The latter is devoted to accurately reporting facts. The former is - by their own published policy - devoted to reporting common public opinion on what facts should be.

They do not do the same thing, nor do they try to.
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