Wikipedia > Encarta

[Ozcar]

And it's a real fact :)

This is all what Encarta knows about Wikipedia:
In the early 21st century a new type of online encyclopedia, known as Wikipedia, enabled readers to create and edit encyclopedia articles. A wiki is a type of server software that enables users to create or alter content on a Web page. Wikipedia was closely associated with the open source software movement and rapidly expanded to include hundreds of thousands of articles, many on popular culture topics, in a number of languages. The philosophy behind Wikipedia was that a community of volunteers could pool their knowledge and crosscheck their work to create a free encyclopedia. Due to Wikipedia’s openness, it is often the target of vandalism.

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And this is what Wikipedia knows about Encarta

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PWNED!

[HeartbreakHoldout]

Is thatlike a paradox or a contradiction or something? Wikipedia does own anyway.

[Modjo]

I counter this with :

Wikipedia < Encarta

[Peter-II]

I am Wikipedia.

[Ozcar]

However, both of them have some flaws yet...

No one of them know what Nyke is....

But Encarta doesn't have a clue about what Sealand is... And, Wikipedia has a good article about it :)

[TheMaster]

Wikipedia > Everything Else

[MaidenHead]

Google > The world

[Akula]

I love to spoil the fun...

Encarta
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Encarta is a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation. An online version of English language Encarta is available free on the World Wide Web with limited content (4,500 articles); there is a monthly subscription for accessing all content and homework tools (68,000+ articles) as of 2005. A full English version is available for purchase on multiple CD-ROMs or a DVD-ROM.

Microsoft initiated Encarta by purchasing non-exclusive rights to the Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia. However, the first (1993) edition of Encarta thoroughly revised its original Funk and Wagnalls base. It is rumored that Microsoft had originally approached Encyclopædia Britannica, but Britannica had declined. Funk and Wagnalls continued to publish revised editions for several years independently of Encarta, but then ceased printing in the late 1990s.

In the late 1990s Microsoft bought Collier's Encyclopedia and New Merit Scholar's Encyclopedia from Macmillan and incorporated them into Encarta. Thus the current Microsoft Encarta can be considered the successor of Funk and Wagnall, Collier, and New Merit Scholar encyclopedias. None of these formerly successful encyclopedias is still in print, being unable to adapt to the new market dynamics of electronic encyclopedias.

Microsoft publishes similar encyclopedias under the Encarta trademark in various languages, including German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese. Localized versions may contain contents licensed from available national sources and may contain more or less content than the full English version. For example, the Dutch version has content from the Dutch Winkler Prins encyclopedia.

David Hirning is one of the "Encarta Reference Editors" as of 2005, while Gary Alt is the Editorial Director.

etc.

[Ozcar]

At 11/3/05 12:07 PM, Ozcar wrote: No one of them know what Nyke is....

And for those that didn't know what Nyke is, Nyke is a greek goddess. She's the goddess of Victory. Although many call her "Nike" (Yeah, like the tenis shoes) the name is "Nyke"

[Ozcar]

At 11/3/05 12:27 PM, -Akula- wrote: etc.

You forgot my favorite part:

Criticism of the encyclopedia has focused on some articles being slow to be updated. For example, an early 2005 edition of the article about the political philosopher John Rawls opens with "Rawls, John (1921- )", although he had died on November 24, 2002. Encarta failed to note the date of his passing until April 2005—about 2½ years after the event. As of July 2005, the web version of the Rawls article includes his date of death. [1].

Other critics dismiss Encarta as having neither the breadth, depth and authoritative contributors of other encyclopedias such as the Encyclopædia Britannica, nor the currency and participatory nature of Wikipedia. Criticism has also been leveled on Encarta's decision to accept users' editions of the articles to be submitted for approval, a move that is widely seen as a reaction to the success of collaborative projects in general, and Wikipedia in particular, but falling short of offering users editorial or copyright control over the result. Moreover, since Encarta remains primarily a paid subscription service, the users being asked to volunteer their work not only receive little reward, but may in fact be paying for the privilege.

Robert McHenry, former Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica, criticised [2] Encarta for its policy of 'localizing' versions of Encarta for national markets, "pandering to local prejudices" instead of presenting subjects objectively.

[Loch-Ness-Monster]

I like wikipedia better than encarta. Much simpler to use, and it's saved my ass with homework.

[Wylo]

I used to have so many encyclopedias (different versions of course) including Britannica, CD, DVD and a huge hard cover volume edition, Encarta, DVD and CD, and WorldBook. Now I don't use any of them caused they are outdated. But Wikipedia does indeed own them all.

[JohnnyWang]

Wikipedia owns all, because it has shitloads of info (allthough not on everything, learnt it today when writing a paper about Angola). And you don't strain any parts of your body when you want to look what "etymology" means.

[Ozcar]

At 11/3/05 01:00 PM, Wylo wrote: But Wikipedia does indeed own them all.

And the best of all is that you don't have to pay a damn for use it :)

I bet old uncle Bill Gates is angry with them >:)

[Ken-Korrupt]

seems like encarta had a pretty concise description of wikipedia...

of course there is more to be written about encarta, though.

[BrooklynBrett]

But Encyclopedia Britannica > any.

[RemRulzz]

well its still not bad atleast you got something...

[Bunzi]

yeah Wikipedia does proform way better then Encarta

[Shaun]

wikipedia is more useful then encarta..
i wouldnt say it was better though.
encarta is more official.

[MattTheParanoidKat]

At 11/3/05 12:23 PM, MaidenHead wrote: Google > The world

Gasp......

[Shaun]

At 11/4/05 02:00 AM, TheBoneThug wrote:

At 11/3/05 12:23 PM, MaidenHead wrote: Google > The world

Gasp......

double gasp...

[Ozcar]

At 11/4/05 02:02 AM, madknt wrote:

Gasp......

double gasp...

I can't belive it...

[Bunzi]

At 11/3/05 12:23 PM, MaidenHead wrote: Google > The world

Sorry mate but...
YOU'RE WRONG

[Jemry]

I've been using Wikipedia for a couple months now, handy site for finding rare facts n shit.

[Sanity-of-Insanity]

At 11/3/05 12:04 PM, Modjo wrote: I counter this with :

Wikipedia < Encarta

seconded

[Bunzi]

I fought the law and the law won.