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(a)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....
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