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Revision as of 13:43, 3 June 2008
, 13:43, 3 June 2008Starting a reference page to document differences between Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica
The purpose of this page is to take 10 random articles from Wikipedia that have exactly equivalent articles in Encyclopedia Brittanica, and compare their contents from June 3, 2008, in a way that is more scientifically authentic than the "rigged" Nature blog study.
==Random articles not matched==
#Arkadiusz Onyszko - not found in EB.
#Rocketeer (comics) - "Rocketeer" not found in EB.
#Hinduism in Hungary - not found in EB.
#Bureau of Information and Propaganda - not found in EB, but returned article on "Cominform".
#The National Museum of Computing - not found in EB.
#Ripley's Believe It or Not! - not found in EB, but there is "Robert LeRoy Ripley".
#Hellenic Quest - not found in EB.
#World Fantasy Convention - not found in EB.
#Johann Peter Gogarten - not found in EB.
#WNCN - not found in EB.
#Ward 21 - not found in EB.
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==Caledonia==
===Encyclopedia Britannica version===
Caledonia: historical area of north Britain beyond Roman control, roughly corresponding to modern Scotland. It was inhabited by the tribe of Caledones (Calidones). The Romans first invaded the district under [[Agricola]] about AD 80 and later won a decisive battle at Mons Graupius. They established a legionary fortress at Inchtuthil (near Dunkeld, in Perth and Kinross district, Tayside region) as well as several auxiliary forts in strategic highland passes. But they were forced to evacuate Inchtuthil and all the sites north of the Earn River about AD 90 and all of Scotland during the rule of Trajan (AD 98–117).
Although the frontier between Roman territory and Caledonia was fixed south of the Cheviot Hills by the emperor Hadrian, the Romans subsequently pushed the frontier northward again to the Firth of Forth, building the Antonine Wall by about 144 to guard the new border. They retreated a decade later but reoccupied the wall temporarily later in the 2nd century and made temporary military occupations of regions farther to the north in 209 and 296. Excavations of the area have revealed native crannogs (lake dwellings) and weems (underground stone houses) containing Roman objects of trade.
===Wikipedia version===
: ''This article is about Caledonia as a name for northern Britain. For other uses, see [[Caledonia (disambiguation)]]''
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Caledonia}}<br>
'''Caledonia''' is the [[Latin]] name given by the [[Roman Empire]] to a northern area of the island of [[Great Britain]]. The use of the name sometimes refers specifically to the area north of the [[Antonine Wall]]. The name represents that of a [[Picts|Pictish]] tribe, the '[[Caledonians|Caledonii]]', one amongst several in the region, though perhaps the dominant tribe. Their name can be found in 'Dùn Chailleann', the [[Scottish Gaelic]] word for the town of [[Dunkeld]], and ''Sidh Chailleann'' or [[Schiehallion]], "Fairy [hill] of the Caledonians".
The modern use of 'Caledonia' in [[English language|English]] and [[Scots language|Scots]] is as a romantic or poetic name for [[Scotland]]. 'Scotland' itself is derived from [[Scotia]], the Latin term for [[Ireland]], from which the [[Scoti]] peoples originated before resettling in northern Great Britain.
::See also
*[[Hadrian's Wall]]
*[[Mons Graupius]]
[[Category:History of Scotland]]
[[Category:Roman military occupation in southern Scotland]]
[[Category:Scottish culture]]
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==Random articles not matched==
#Arkadiusz Onyszko - not found in EB.
#Rocketeer (comics) - "Rocketeer" not found in EB.
#Hinduism in Hungary - not found in EB.
#Bureau of Information and Propaganda - not found in EB, but returned article on "Cominform".
#The National Museum of Computing - not found in EB.
#Ripley's Believe It or Not! - not found in EB, but there is "Robert LeRoy Ripley".
#Hellenic Quest - not found in EB.
#World Fantasy Convention - not found in EB.
#Johann Peter Gogarten - not found in EB.
#WNCN - not found in EB.
#Ward 21 - not found in EB.
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==Caledonia==
===Encyclopedia Britannica version===
Caledonia: historical area of north Britain beyond Roman control, roughly corresponding to modern Scotland. It was inhabited by the tribe of Caledones (Calidones). The Romans first invaded the district under [[Agricola]] about AD 80 and later won a decisive battle at Mons Graupius. They established a legionary fortress at Inchtuthil (near Dunkeld, in Perth and Kinross district, Tayside region) as well as several auxiliary forts in strategic highland passes. But they were forced to evacuate Inchtuthil and all the sites north of the Earn River about AD 90 and all of Scotland during the rule of Trajan (AD 98–117).
Although the frontier between Roman territory and Caledonia was fixed south of the Cheviot Hills by the emperor Hadrian, the Romans subsequently pushed the frontier northward again to the Firth of Forth, building the Antonine Wall by about 144 to guard the new border. They retreated a decade later but reoccupied the wall temporarily later in the 2nd century and made temporary military occupations of regions farther to the north in 209 and 296. Excavations of the area have revealed native crannogs (lake dwellings) and weems (underground stone houses) containing Roman objects of trade.
===Wikipedia version===
: ''This article is about Caledonia as a name for northern Britain. For other uses, see [[Caledonia (disambiguation)]]''
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Caledonia}}<br>
'''Caledonia''' is the [[Latin]] name given by the [[Roman Empire]] to a northern area of the island of [[Great Britain]]. The use of the name sometimes refers specifically to the area north of the [[Antonine Wall]]. The name represents that of a [[Picts|Pictish]] tribe, the '[[Caledonians|Caledonii]]', one amongst several in the region, though perhaps the dominant tribe. Their name can be found in 'Dùn Chailleann', the [[Scottish Gaelic]] word for the town of [[Dunkeld]], and ''Sidh Chailleann'' or [[Schiehallion]], "Fairy [hill] of the Caledonians".
The modern use of 'Caledonia' in [[English language|English]] and [[Scots language|Scots]] is as a romantic or poetic name for [[Scotland]]. 'Scotland' itself is derived from [[Scotia]], the Latin term for [[Ireland]], from which the [[Scoti]] peoples originated before resettling in northern Great Britain.
::See also
*[[Hadrian's Wall]]
*[[Mons Graupius]]
[[Category:History of Scotland]]
[[Category:Roman military occupation in southern Scotland]]
[[Category:Scottish culture]]
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