Anything that has the ability to be edited by just anyone cannot be trusted. A lot of people are totally clueless and think they have all the answers, and some even post on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia's one hundred articles about U.S. senators were once evaluated in a systematic fashion. It was found that these articles were deliberately wrong about 6.8% of the time.
The article about Mike Ilitch was variously wrong, then right, then wrong, then right, over and over again, on the simple question of where was he born.
The article about Cheltenham High School was deliberately modified to include a whole paragraph about a fake radio station. This edit lasted for over 6 weeks, as it was purposefully placed there in advance of an in-person presentation to the school by a noted Wikipedia critic. The article had been viewed over 2,000 times, and nobody made a single effort to question the veracity of the fake radio station.
Many gullible people are simply not capable of recognizing factual errors in Wikipedia, because they've been lulled into a false sense of security by the clean text-formatting that usually graces the garbage found in Wikipedia.
I believe a serious comparison was made with Wikipedia and traditional encyclopaedias a few years ago, and Wikipedia fared well then. I generally trust Wikipedia as a source of personal knowledge, but if I was to write something serious, I would go to the sources. But this is standard practice - always go to the sources.
Technically no, unless there's a citation to external resources. Never trust anything on Wikipedia unless it has a citation to a reliable resource, because some edits can be subtle enough not to get picked up by the mods.
I guess... But i really don't think it is because if i wanted to i can get on wikipedia right now, and put in whatever i want to... and occasionally it will be wrong.... because have you noticed how whenever you did a project for school or etc. that your teachers specifically tell you not to use www.wikipedia.com as a resource because of it's false information... So i guess a no?
You can't use it as a cite on papers or anything because teachers go berserk, but depending on the topic you're researching, Wikipedia can have a lot of valuable information. Most of it is pretty accurate too.
It depends. If the article has citations it is usually pretty reliable. I wouldn't use the information for a school paper, though, because anyone can write on it. If the information says citation needed I wouldn't trust it.
Im sorry, but no. Anyone can put anything on it. I once heard of a purple crocodiles on that site under "Salt water crocodiles" and the person failed the report because she used that source. Its like that allot, Lies, trolls, Things of that nature. I advise against it.
Wikipedia is edited by people. People who think they know what they're talking about. But that doesn't mean they KNOW what their talking about. The hard thing is, you never truly know. Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong. I would recommend avoiding it mostly, unless you're in dire need of information. Try using other resources.
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Anything that has the ability to be edited by just anyone cannot be trusted. A lot of people are totally clueless and think they have all the answers, and some even post on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is not to be trusted. I'll explain why.
Wikipedia's one hundred articles about U.S. senators were once evaluated in a systematic fashion. It was found that these articles were deliberately wrong about 6.8% of the time.
The article about Mike Ilitch was variously wrong, then right, then wrong, then right, over and over again, on the simple question of where was he born.
The article about Cheltenham High School was deliberately modified to include a whole paragraph about a fake radio station. This edit lasted for over 6 weeks, as it was purposefully placed there in advance of an in-person presentation to the school by a noted Wikipedia critic. The article had been viewed over 2,000 times, and nobody made a single effort to question the veracity of the fake radio station.
Many gullible people are simply not capable of recognizing factual errors in Wikipedia, because they've been lulled into a false sense of security by the clean text-formatting that usually graces the garbage found in Wikipedia.
I believe a serious comparison was made with Wikipedia and traditional encyclopaedias a few years ago, and Wikipedia fared well then. I generally trust Wikipedia as a source of personal knowledge, but if I was to write something serious, I would go to the sources. But this is standard practice - always go to the sources.
Technically no, unless there's a citation to external resources. Never trust anything on Wikipedia unless it has a citation to a reliable resource, because some edits can be subtle enough not to get picked up by the mods.
I guess... But i really don't think it is because if i wanted to i can get on wikipedia right now, and put in whatever i want to... and occasionally it will be wrong.... because have you noticed how whenever you did a project for school or etc. that your teachers specifically tell you not to use www.wikipedia.com as a resource because of it's false information... So i guess a no?
-Allie Tay
You can't use it as a cite on papers or anything because teachers go berserk, but depending on the topic you're researching, Wikipedia can have a lot of valuable information. Most of it is pretty accurate too.
It depends. If the article has citations it is usually pretty reliable. I wouldn't use the information for a school paper, though, because anyone can write on it. If the information says citation needed I wouldn't trust it.
Im sorry, but no. Anyone can put anything on it. I once heard of a purple crocodiles on that site under "Salt water crocodiles" and the person failed the report because she used that source. Its like that allot, Lies, trolls, Things of that nature. I advise against it.
No. Anybody can go on any wink page right now and change the information.
Wikipedia is edited by people. People who think they know what they're talking about. But that doesn't mean they KNOW what their talking about. The hard thing is, you never truly know. Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong. I would recommend avoiding it mostly, unless you're in dire need of information. Try using other resources.