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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • December 16, 2005
    In the following article, Jim Giles reports that ``Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries.''

    ``Only eight serious errors, such as misinterpretations of important concepts, were detected in the pairs of articles reviewed, four from each encyclopaedia. But reviewers also found many factual errors, omissions or misleading statements: 162 and 123 in Wikipedia and Britannica, respectively.''

    Full story:
    http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html

    Via News.com.

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