Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
I haven't checked the Britannica entry on Marian Ilitch to compare.

In other words, all encyclopedias are bad. That doesn't really help any of us, nor does it say much to discredit Wikipedia.
Wikepedia allows people to edit the entries at will. From Wikipedia's entry about Wikipeida:
n a departure from the style of traditional encyclopedias, Wikipedia is open to outside editing. This means that, with the exception of particularly sensitive and/or vandalism-prone pages that are "protected" to some degree,[26] the reader of an article can edit the text without needing approval, doing so with a registered account or even anonymously.
Therefore, most entries are open to being someone's opinion or misunderstanding of the true nature of the subject.