[A2k] Wikipedia study 'fatally flawed'

[Michelle Childs]

Full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4840340.stm
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A study on the accuracy of the free online resource, Wikipedia, by the
prestigious journal Nature has been described as 'fatally flawed'.
Encyclopaedia Britannica has hit back at the findings, calling for the
paper to be retracted....

In a document on their website, Encyclopaedia Britannica said that the
Nature study contained "a pattern of sloppiness, indifference to basic
scholarly standards, and flagrant errors so numerous they completely
invalidated the results".

The scholarly slanging match prompted an equally robust response from Nature.

"We reject those accusations, and are confident our comparisons are fair"
it said in a statement.

Nature said it did not intend to retract the original article.

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