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Originally Posted by taustin
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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Yet they were proven to be almost identical in accuracy. So if Britannica is so focused on facts, why is it that they are as inaccurate as Wikipedia?