Oh, Snap! Britannica v. Nature Smack Down Ensues.

You will recall that, only a few short months ago, you couldn't escape the headlines about the Nature study that claimed that Wikipedia was roughly as accurate as Britannica. It was even briefly discussed on our own humble blog.

Now, Britannica is accusing Nature of taking a little artistic license with their methodology, and it sounds like they've got a point. I was a little suspicious of the methodology from the beginning, particularly since it wasn't made available with the original article. A link to it has now been added to the article, but the Word file seems corrupted and I haven't been able to open it. Regardless, it is sad to think that a respected publication like Nature would game a study like this, but if what Britannica says is true, they have every reason to call foul.