1. Describe the study that was carried out in the article.
The study that was carried out was by Nature Magazine to test the accountability of Wikipedia, an online search engine, by comparing some of it's articles to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. What were the results?
They found that both sites had errors, Wikipedia with slightly more, but that they were generally reliable.3. Why do you think there is so much controversy surrounding Wikipedia if "official" sources like Encyclopedia Britannica have similar problems with accuracy?
People can change something in an instant and someone may not notice the change right away. During the time between corrections someone may find the wrong information and believe it to be true. Wikipedia does have accurate information, but with open editing someone will eventually end up with wrong information.
4. Check on your Wikipedia edit (or make your Wikipedia edit if you already haven't). Has it been fixed yet?
On Wikipedia, I changed the life span of a great white shark from 30 years to 5 years. The change was fixed in the course of 8 hours.
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