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Encyclopedia article Evaluation

Content

Lead:

I found the use of italics around on factual information in the lead to be distracting.

Digital encyclopedias:

This part should mention Jeff Loveland and Joseph Reagle's article. Loveland and Reagle's analogy that Wikipedia is created through stigmergy (how wasps build atop existing structures without directly communicating) is helpful for understanding the creation of digital encyclopedias.

Citations

I noticed the Largest encyclopedias sections needed citations and had failed citations.

Many of the sources are over eleven years old. It would be helpful to bolster this article with more recent research.

Organization

I would consider moving the Etymology section after the Characteristics section but before the History section. To me, the characteristics are more integral knowledge to understanding Encyclopedia than the origin of the word itself.