Encyclopaedia Britannica & Wikipedia

I personally don't see any problem using Wikipedia since most of the content I trust. It's pretty good to keep up with all the strange internet happenings and findings that I'd normally not come across daily life. Also, I find that Wiki contains more articles that partain to both the formal and informal topics. I don't think I'd find an entry on Hikikomori or ALL YOUR BASE in the Encyclopedia Britannica, perhaps since one is a perculiar Japanese phenomenon, and the other is considered internet slang, which generally are not part . So in short, I'm an avid Wiki user.

I used to use EB quite a bit prior to the advent of the internet for junior high research assignments. This littie sample is NOT meant to be conclusive to anything, I'm just seeing what sort of results these searches will yield. Quouting "all your base" and "hikikomori" was used to determine which feature would yield more accurate results, not to say X was better than Y as a whole, for this would be quite a biased test. From what I've observed, Wiki is aimed at the general public who wants to get a basic understanding of the subject matter, while EB is geared towards actual research papers and scholarly projects.

Wiki's article on EB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica's article on Wiki: http://www.britannica.com/search?query=wikipedia&ct=

LOL

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Encyclopedia Britannica written by a whole bunch of specialists as well, not just one person? I mean you've got the botanists who write up all the stuff that has to do with plants, and you've got engineers/architects who write up all the construction articles and the like. So perhaps the EB has the advantage of "specialized" personnel writing it up than the general public with Wiki. But then as I've stated before, EB and Wiki have two seperate target audiences.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Like I'm saying again, if people really want to get proper information instead of a general impression, I don't think money would be an issue for higher end research. Again, target/niche markets.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.