Overall, how accurate is the view that a publication from a "large house" would be more reliable? I live in a small part of India (Goa), and know that the large and established publishing houses (both national and international, including Britannica) are always either promoting stereotypes of our region... or simply getting it wrong. And there's nothing one can do to correct that either...
Are there any facts and figures about the accuracy levels of Wikipedia? I remember Jimbo Wales was citing some figures about Britannica versus Wikipedia. Wonder if there's some citation for that. Academia, in particular, seems unnerved by an encyclopedia written in the "baazar" model, rather than in "cathedral" mode (as Eric Raymond would argue). FN
On 27/02/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Misspellings or grammatical errors may also indicate non native speakers of a language. Certainly when the subject is foreign (from an English language pov) it may indicate that the factual quality is actually better....