Delphine Ménard wrote:
But why, why why go into this competition thing? :( I believe Britannica and Wikipedia are pursuing the same goals, with different means. Although I find it excellent that we take Britannica as an example and as a goal, I believe we have much to learn from them, and they from us. Can't we work hand in hand to achieve that goal? Competition should be an incentive to get better, for them and for us, not because we want to be the best, not because of stupid numbers, but because we are looking to achieve this:
It's good to see that Brockhaus is trying to work out how to work with the upstart newcomer (de:). If Britannica can do so, that will be fantastic for both us and them.
(The Encyclopaedia Britannica is one of the greatest non-fiction books of Anglophone culture, up there with the Oxford English Dictionary. I really, really hope they can get the business side profitable once more!)
Tell you what, what I hope is that in 2 years from now, Nature will do the same study, and find 0 mistake. Neither in Britannica, nor in Wikipedia.
That would be nice to see :-)
- d.