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Re: Who killed Britannica?
« on: March 16, 2012, 08:24:44 AM »
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Educational institutions are more than happy to pay for Britannica services.  They keep their online information up to date Wikipedia style, sans the community input aspect Wikipedia has, which can breed false information.

Wikipedia is a community resource, and as such cannot be 100% trusted for valid information.


And you trust Britannica?
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Re: Who killed Britannica?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2012, 10:40:31 AM »
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At least much more than Wikipedia. Don't know about finnish version, but german one is very much controlled by a certain political direction. Thus while Wikipedia is certainly useful for looking up aspects of (most) natural sciences, one definitely can't rely on it with regard to political, historical and probably also some other aspects.


I dont trust Wikipedia either (political, historical and other aspects you mention) but I dont see any reason why should I have more trust for printed media.
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