Pointing out a discrepancy, Panelas says Encyclopaedia Britannica wants people to understand each source and what it does. “People frequently compare Wikipedia to Britannica, but a work like Britannica, which is written by experts and scholars, and rigorously edited and fact-checked, has little in common with Wikipedia. This is somewhat contentious, but should become clearer in time.”
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Pointing out a discrepancy, Panelas says Encyclopaedia Britannica wants people to understand each source and what it does. “People frequently compare Wikipedia to Britannica, but a work like Britannica, which is written by experts and scholars, and rigorously edited and fact-checked, has little in common with Wikipedia. This is somewhat contentious, but should become clearer in time.”