The first reason is that everyone can share what they think in wikipedia and make it become a up-to-date encyclopedia. Since wikipedia is using open-editing approach which encourage and invite contributors, not only the scholars can decide the context. It includes interaction since everyone can edit the context and share their point of views. I believe that learning is sharing, the more you share, the more you gain.
Wikipedia doesn't only focus on academic, but also include the details of news, culture, institutions. Since Brittanica is mainly edited by the scholars, the Brittanica mainly focus on academic project such as different theroies, history... However, besides the academic information, the knowledge of different culture is also important.
These are examples:
Cuisine of Hong Kong (Culture)
Celebrity
Although some people may think that wikipedia is not reliable because everyone can be the editor, it is hard to avoid vandalism which will give some fake or wrong information to the readers. However, there are over 500 supervisors to supervise the editions that can make wikipeia to become more reliable.
I agree with you, Wikipedia has a larger archive and a greater amount of knowledge. And you have mentioned that Wikipedia has over 500 supervisors to supervise the Wikipedia, but do you think that there is still a time of opportunity for people to upload some incorrect information and destroy the correct information?
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