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Originally Posted by Chirag
Why are you guys even comparing Encarta and Wikipedia?
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Originally Posted by the bot
exactly
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Wikipedia played a huge role in Encarta's demise ......
New York times article
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...-wikipedia/?hp
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Originally Posted by gxsaurav
Encarta is a dead horse, good that Microsoft is closing it. Although in this age of Google & Internet I would still prefer an online checked Encyclopedia instead of Wikipedia.
Can you trust the information of Wikipedia considering there is no system to check the authenticity of the content.
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Yes !
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The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows.
-Courtesy BBC
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News Article link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4530930.stm