Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica | CNET News.com

Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica | CNET News.com: "Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature.
Over the last couple of weeks, Wikipedia, the free, open-access encyclopedia, has taken a great deal of flak in the press for problems related to the credibility of its authors and its general accountability."