[Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia spanks Encarta, Brockhaus

[Anthere]

oh, I read elsewhere it was german to german.
Why did you sent it to this ml Sj ?


Sj a écrit:
> Brockhaus "must concede defeat" to Wikipedia
> 
> c't, the popular german magazine for computer engineering, just
> released a study they conducted of the three major digital
> encyclopedias in germany -- Brockhaus, Encarta, and (most recently)
> Wikipedia.  They tested the encyclopedias on breadth, depth, and
> comprehensibility of content, ease of searching, and quality of
> multimedia content.
> 
> The content test was the most elaborate : first they divided content
> in three broad fields, Science, Society, and Culture.  They further
> subdivided these into 22 total subject areas, and within each subject
> selected an easy, a moderate, and a difficult topic.  They then
> searched for the best matching article (and supplementary content) in
> the encyclopedia.
> 
> Finally, they brought in experts in each broad field who rated the
> articles from 1 to 5, based on technical correctness and completeness
> of the texts, and on their comprehensibility.  Once this was finished,
> the results were totalled at each level of conceptual difficulty,
> within each broad field, and across all 66 topics.
> 
> The net result: Wikipedia ran away with the top prize, a comfortable
> distance ahead of its stately predecessors.  "Brockhaus Premium
> surpassed the competition from Redmond," the review reported, "but
> must however concede defeat to Wikipedia".
> 
> Happily, the full breakdown of the experts' ratings were published
> along with the article, so that each encyclopedia may benefit from the
> spot check.
> 
> A full translation will be available on meta presently : 
>  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia vs Brockhaus and Encarta
> 
> 
> Grab a copy of the original at your local international-pubs shop, if you can.
> 
> http://www.heise.de/ct/
> 
> Encyclopedias: Wikipedia vs. Brockhaus and Encarta (pg. 132)
>