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Aims:

The aims of this pilot study are as follows:

Objectives:

Research objective 1: To explore the opinions of expert reviewers pertaining to the accuracy, quality, references, style and overall judgment of Wikipedia entries.

Research objective 2: To compare the accuracy, quality, references, style and overall judgment of Wikipedia entries to those of alternative online encyclopaedias.

Research objective 3: To compare the accuracy, quality, references, style and overall judgment of Wikipedia entries with those of alternative online encyclopaedias in each language, i.e. English, Spanish and Arabic.

Research objective 4: To compare the accuracy, quality, references, style and overall judgment of Wikipedia entries with those of alternative online encyclopaedias in each academic discipline i.e. Humanities; Social Sciences; Mathematics, Physics and Life Sciences; and Medical Sciences.

Research Objective 5: To comment on issues of importance pertaining to the design and methodology in carrying out the study. 13