The newsy news is that the online version of the 240-year-old encyclopedia will allow readers to modify article content and/or create their own articles. Any changes to
Encyclopedia Britannica, says its president, Jorge Cauz, has standards. After noting the famous and well-documented pitfalls of Wikipedia and bemoaning the tendency of humans to be “non-discriminating” about information they find, Cauz took a barhouse-type swipe at Google’s favorable treatment of and “symbiotic” relationship with Wikipedia.
"If I were to be the CEO of Google or the founders of Google I would be very [displeased] that the best search engine in the world continues to provide as a first link, Wikipedia," Cauz told the
It may be fair game to note at this point that obscure topics/persons like Droctulf, a sixth century warrior, are thus far phantoms in Britannica whereas Wikipedia produces entries about them. (Droctulf’s entry, sans reference to a
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