Online encyclopedias put to the test
`It has proved one of the most radical yet popular ideas of the internet age: a free online encyclopedia that anybody can contribute to and edit. But is Wikipedia a reliable source of information, or is it filled with inaccuracy and hoaxes?
According to a study by journal Nature, Wikipedia stuff-ups — such as this week’s one on President Kennedy’s assassination — are “the exception rather than the rule”, and the resource is almost as accurate as the online Encyclopaedia Britannica, at least when it comes to science.’
