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The encyclopaedia grew in size; the second edition was 10 volumes, [2] and by its fourth edition (1801–1810), it had expanded to 20 volumes. [3] Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent contributors, and the 9th (1875–1889) and 11th editions (1911) are landmark encyclopaedias for scholarship and literary style.
Hughie Ferguson (2 March 1895 – 8 January 1930) was a professional footballer. He was one of Scotland's most sought-after young players before signing for Motherwell F.C. to begin his professional career. He played as a centre forward and finished as the top goalscorer in the Scottish Football League on three occasions.
Britannica acquired Merriam-Webster in 1964 and Compton's Encyclopedia as well in the early 1960s. [2] [3] Benton died in 1973, before the fifteenth edition was published in 1974. The newly titled Britannica 3 was composed of a ten-volume Micropædia, a 19-volume Macropædia and a one-volume guide to the encyclopædia's use, called Propædia.
The company was attacked on April 3, 2018, when a shooting occurred at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California, which wounded four and resulted in the death of the shooter. [75] By February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube videos were being watched every day, and 400 hours worth of videos were uploaded every minute.
In March 2018, YouTube announced that they would be adding links to Wikipedia underneath videos about conspiracy theories. [1] YouTube refers to these links as "information cues" [2] or "information panels". The first batch of articles was announced in July 2018. These are: Global warming; Dulce Base; Lilla Saltsjöbadsavtalet; 1980 Camarate ...
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles is the parent WikiProject of this project. s:WS:EB1911 is the sister project dealing with the proof-reading of texts.. The single most useful category for this project is probably Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica relating to the {{Cite EB1911}} template.
In a subsequent study, the same researchers compared about 4,000 Wikipedia articles related to U.S. politics (written by an online community) with the corresponding articles in Encyclopædia Britannica (written by experts) using similar methods as their 2010 study to measure "slant" (Democratic vs. Republican) and to quantify the degree of bias.
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1917 (A 200+ page critique of inaccuracies and biases in the 1911 Britannica. Note: Many Wikipedia articles use this EB edition as a source) Grainne Cunningham: Britannica errors spark unholy row Irish Independent, February 3, 2010; Wikipedia:Errors in the New International Encyclopedia that have been corrected in Wikipedia