RE: Reliability of Wikipedia.
April 9, 2009 at 4:57 pm
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2009 at 4:58 pm by Meatball.)
It's a pet peeve of mine when people question Wikipedia's integrity, because usually these people don't truly understand how it works.
The great thing about Wikipedia is that you have links to references on that page, so cross-checking is a click away. Wikipedia is as reliable as any source you can find on the internet.
In the past it was less reliable, but the community has definitely stepped up to the place to make it one of the premier reference sites on the web. You may find inaccuracies on some of the smaller, more obscure pages, but any reasonably-sized topic is almost assured to be accurate.
The great thing about Wikipedia is that you have links to references on that page, so cross-checking is a click away. Wikipedia is as reliable as any source you can find on the internet.
In the past it was less reliable, but the community has definitely stepped up to the place to make it one of the premier reference sites on the web. You may find inaccuracies on some of the smaller, more obscure pages, but any reasonably-sized topic is almost assured to be accurate.
- Meatball
