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Britannica responds to Nature
On 23 March, the Associated Press agency ran a story about the dispute which was widely reprinted, with media outlets including Yahoo!, USA Today, Forbes, ABC News, CBS News, Newsday, The Washington Post, and many more.
In addition, original reporting on the story included:
- "In a War of Words, Famed Encyclopedia Defends Its Turf", The Wall Street Journal
- "Heavyweight bout: Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Nature", The Scientist
- "Britannica hits back in Wikipedia row", The Times
- "Nature mag cooked Wikipedia study", The Register
- "Britannica objects to allegations of inaccuracy by science journal", The Boston Globe
- "Revered reference beyond compare", The Australian
- "Britannica lashes out at Wikipedia comparison study", vnunet
- "Britannica begs to differ on Wikipedia's accuracy", Ars Technica
- "Britannica Comes Out Swinging at Nature", and "Nature Responds to Britannica", Designtechnica
- "Encyclopedia Britannica fires back over Wikipedia row", PC Pro
Anti-poverty group editing Wikipedia
In "Group adds to Nussle's entry in Wikipedia", an article in the
Mistaken identity
Journalist, broadcaster and author Mark Lawson mentioned some errors in his Wikipedia article in The Guardian column "My life as a Catholic Jew"; they were promptly corrected by User:Piotrus.
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