Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Britannica Encyclopedia officially announced that abandoning the printing version on Tuesday, due to the sharp decline in sales. For many people, this is a natural conclusion. In the world of infinite instant knowledge, the idea of ​​having 32 hard cover libraries equivalent to $ 1,395 is ridiculous and its library is obsolete.

Wikipedia should be useful when Britannica's prints are lost. The reference site led by the crowd is undoubtedly the largest knowledge experiment in the history of civilization. Critics first point out their unreliability, but supporters will argue that self-correcting groups are more reliable and scalable than occasionally being filled with scholars (and sometimes make mistakes ).

Friends of Statista have already seen economics in Wikipedia and the United Kingdom. The following timetable and statistics outline the difference between the two sources and the inevitable superiority of the network.

Have you ever seen that the British printing version is gone? Do you think that it is worth paying for digital products yet?

Britannica is part of a free / paid online encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. It is the property of the Swiss banking giant Jacqui Safra. Established in 1768, it was initially printed and then adapted to online versions such as Wikipedia. In 2012, Britannica Encyclopedia announced that after 244 years, dozens of versions and more than 7 million sets were sold. They also said the new version will not be set to paper version. I found that 32 volumes in 2010 are the last volume.

In order to provide information to readers, two types of encyclopedia are published. One type is a general encyclopedia. This type of encyclopedia contains various themes that are probably online or printed (British encyclopedia, World Books, Wikipedia, Funk & Wagnall World Encyclopedia of World Knowledge Standard Encyclopedia, etc.). The general encyclopedia does not function as a university level information source. The second type of encyclopedia is an encyclopedia of specific topics. This type of encyclopedia is special content covering specific topics and subjects. Examples: encyclopedia of global warming and climate change, encyclopedia of gale science, encyclopedia of globe american art and encyclopedia of sports medicine encyclopedia

Everipedia is the world's largest online English encyclopedia. Some are purchasing all articles on Wikipedia (according to Dr. Sanger, this article is from Britannica). Making the world accessible to all of this knowledge may alter the researchers, scholars, and citizens of the country of concern who ban and inhibit information for political or religious reasons. If knowledge is power, Everipedia is trying to become a steroid wikipedia for billions of people. The token system that it is about to start can stimulate millions of people to participate in collective efforts beyond the current encyclopedia and Wikipedia's work.

Today, Wikipedia represents one of the most famous successes of a massive knowledge sharing collaboration network. In fact, because it can not keep up with the frequency of updates and the addition of new information to Wikipedia, because it is a traditional pattern they use, it is the second century encyclopedia of England and other world famous reference books It has made such a big success as to kill the group editing function. Wikipedia is operated in a completely voluntary way and emphasizes the ability to build a joint knowledge network in today's connected world.