Sunday 31th of May the Norwegian newspaper VG (Verdens Gang) compared Wikipedia in Norsk (Bokmål) and Store Norske Leksikon. The latter encyclopedia is a large traditional paper lexicon transfered to a web portal, together with to other lexicons; one medical and health lexicon and one biographical lexicon. SNL has transfered from a closed licensing model to an open licensing model, and also open up for outside contributions.
The roundup focused on five different areas; history, culture, entertainment, society and politics, and sport. The grades goes from 1 to 6, with 6 as the best.
History: Wp 5 - SNL 5 (Det norske arbeiderparti, Andre verdenskrig, Vikinger, Vikingtid)
Culture: Wp 4 - SNL 3 (Edvard Munch, Henrik Ibsen, Leif Ove Andsnes, Hjalmar Borgström, Ungdommens kulturmønstring)
Entertainment: Wp 5 - SNL 2 (Melodi Grand Prix, Harald Eia, Tone Damli Aaberget, Nytt på nytt, Alexander Rybak, Idol, Wenche Foss, Sivert Høyem)
Society and politics: Wp 5 - SNL 3 (Kristin Halvorsen, AUF-skandalen, Rødt, Saera Khan)
Sport: Wp 5 - SNL 3 (Marit Breivik, Tore André Flo, Tore Reginiussen, Kjetil André Aamodt, Fotball-VM
The comparison seems to have a slight bias because there are two much articles about persons and events fairly close to present time. Wikipedia is much better on that kind of articles compared to more classical lexicon articles, where it can be assumed that SNL would be somewhat better.
John
Thank you for the information, John, do you have a link I can refer to when I quote that? Kind regards Ziko
2009/6/1 John at Darkstar vacuum@jeb.no
Sunday 31th of May the Norwegian newspaper VG (Verdens Gang) compared Wikipedia in Norsk (Bokmål) and Store Norske Leksikon. The latter encyclopedia is a large traditional paper lexicon transfered to a web portal, together with to other lexicons; one medical and health lexicon and one biographical lexicon. SNL has transfered from a closed licensing model to an open licensing model, and also open up for outside contributions.
The roundup focused on five different areas; history, culture, entertainment, society and politics, and sport. The grades goes from 1 to 6, with 6 as the best.
History: Wp 5 - SNL 5 (Det norske arbeiderparti, Andre verdenskrig, Vikinger, Vikingtid)
Culture: Wp 4 - SNL 3 (Edvard Munch, Henrik Ibsen, Leif Ove Andsnes, Hjalmar Borgström, Ungdommens kulturmønstring)
Entertainment: Wp 5 - SNL 2 (Melodi Grand Prix, Harald Eia, Tone Damli Aaberget, Nytt på nytt, Alexander Rybak, Idol, Wenche Foss, Sivert Høyem)
Society and politics: Wp 5 - SNL 3 (Kristin Halvorsen, AUF-skandalen, Rødt, Saera Khan)
Sport: Wp 5 - SNL 3 (Marit Breivik, Tore André Flo, Tore Reginiussen, Kjetil André Aamodt, Fotball-VM
The comparison seems to have a slight bias because there are two much articles about persons and events fairly close to present time. Wikipedia is much better on that kind of articles compared to more classical lexicon articles, where it can be assumed that SNL would be somewhat better.
John
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To my knowledge the comparison is not published on www.vg.no, although it is possible to buy it online.
This is the discussion at our signpost: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tinget#VG_tester_SNL_og_Wikipedia
There are two unofficial "faximiles": http://bayimg.com/image/laankaacf.jpg http://bayimg.com/image/laannaacf.jpg Linked from our signpost, well, its not what we should do...
Official pdf's can be bought at: https://www.buyandread.com/mediaport/pages.htm?date=20090531&pub=156 It is page 24 and 25
John
Ziko van Dijk skrev:
Thank you for the information, John, do you have a link I can refer to when I quote that? Kind regards Ziko
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