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1. In a study comparing Wikipedia and Encyclopedia
Britannica, Nature, the international weekly journal
of science found that Encyclopedia Britannica was
only slightly more accurate than Wikipedia.
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Source: http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html
Average Mistakes per Article
2.92
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
Britannica
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Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia
written by volunteers. There are 286
different language editions accessed by
365 million readers worldwide. It is the
6th most trafficked website.
3.86
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
W i k i ped i a
A hoax article on
Gaius Flavius
Antoninus, the
supposed assassin
of Julius Caesar, ran
on Wikipedia for 8
years before being
removed by the
site.
Source:
Readers
Wikipedia is the
most cited resource
on EasyBIb.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List
_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia
Year
‘03
‘04
‘05
‘06
‘07
‘08
‘09
‘10
‘11
‘12
Average Number of
Articles a Day
713
2373
31%
69%
Source:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/08/31/on
ly-13-of-wikipedia-contributors-arewomen-study-says/
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4747
7883
8882
7608
7392
8008
9253
9004
The number
of active Wikipedia
editors worldwide has been
decreasing the last 5 years but the
number of new articles per day has
continued to increase. In 2012 an
average of 9,000 new articles were
written each day.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/13/wikipedia-edits
7 out of the top 10 most
visited Wikipedia pages
of 2012 were about pop
culture including
movies, music, books,
and celebrities.
Source: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/top_wikipedia_pages_of_2012/
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