Britannica: you'll disappear anyway
Britannica is going to allow viewers to edit articles, with changes to be editorial reviewed within 20 minutes.
Mmmmh, if I'm not wrong in 2006 Tom Panelas, Encyclopedia Britannica's Director of Corporate Communications, said:
Wikipedia allows anyone to write and edit articles, regardless of their
knowledge of the subjects on which they're writing, their ability to
write, or their commitment to truth. This policy has allowed Wikipedia
to grow large very fast, but it's come at a price.
The price is that many of its articles are inaccurate, poorly
written, long and bloated, or laden with bias and spin. Despite what
some people would like to believe about Wikipedia, that its system is
self-correcting, many inaccuracies remain for long periods of time, new
ones are added, and, judging from quite a few media reports, sound
information posted by people knowledgeable on a subject is often undone
by others who know nothing about it. This is a natural result of the
way Wikipedia is put together, its willingness to let anyone write and
edit and unwillingness to give precedence to people who know what
they're talking about. People who use Wikipedia should be aware of
these liabilities.
Curious on how many people do actually edit most of wikipedia's entries? Who writes Wikipedia?