I’d bet that Wikipedia is far more often correct than almost any newspaper. Has anybody done research on this yet?
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Apr 3, 2016 · 2:44 PM UTC
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@stilkov there are companies in the academic space (or edtech) that make a living supplying alternatives to Wikipedia as a source.
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@klimpong Sure, and the lack of quality in many IT/CS-related articles shows the need. Still think newspapers are far less reliable.
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@johanhaleby @tommorris @ewolff but those are comparisons with other encyclopedias. My guess is newspapers are wrong far more often.
@stilkov @tommorris I remember reading years ago that Wikipedia had reached the same low error rate as Encyclopaedia Brittanica.
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@stilkov @tommorris yes. I looked at some preparing for my talk. Results varies between studies.