Wikipedia is not a scholarly or even remotely reliable source since anyone can put anything on it.  Why does everyone constantly cite it?
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Because many people are under the (false) impression that the internet in general is a reliable source for information.  Also, its much easier to punch a subject into a search engine and use the answer that comes up, than to actually look for a reliable resource and read through it to find the information you need.
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There's lots on wikipedia.\n\nand I'm pretty sure you spelled it wrong.
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Wikipedia has a very well written entry.
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yes, as long as you cite sources and don't plagarize!!
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All that info is on wikipedia.  Don't expect us to do all your homework for you.  If you want to get away with that, try asking ONE question and phrasing it as if it were your own, and not what your prof asked for.
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I find that wikipedia often has excellent information\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinsy\n\nHope this helps!
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I think wikipedia is great.  The previous poster is not correct.  Wikipedia is cooperatively checked by readers and other other authors who often continuously revise articles. (Just look at the edit history and the competing edits).  The information is not 100% correct but neither is the information in any professionally edited and checked resource. \n\nI do agree that sometimes articles contain too much bias and not enough facts, but, if you look at the tone of the article and see the referenced sources, you can begin to get an idea of how good or not good a particular article is.\n\nIf someone feels that there is a biased representation of information or if the information is plagarized, readers of Wikipedia are encouraged to raise a red flag and the articles will be marked as such and scrutized further.  Here's the page for providing just this kind of feedback: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_problem\n\n\nDespite this, by and large, for the things that I do know something about, Wikipedia often has the greatest concentration of accurate, well written, fully detailed information that you are likely to encounter on the web on a given subject.  The reason is simple, because, rarely does only one "expert" contribute to an article.  It is usually the collective efforts of many people with information to contribute.\n\n\nNow, as for the wikipedia pages not loading today.  It looks like they may have had some form of system failure either due to too much load, system crashes, or a software bug introduced.  I encountered errors this morning right after editing a Wiktionary article on PETE.  It does look to be better now.
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Talk about the US culture? What about it? Your question is too vague. Sorry.\n\nTo DemoDicky ~ unless you site the work (which is not your own) and name your sources, you are committing what is known as plagiarism. The true author of the answer you listed is below. \nIf the link is followed,(to wikipedia) you will see even that article sites it's sources. I, personally, have little use for those who take credit for the hard work of others.
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Wikipedia is a free reference.  Everybody should know how to use it by now.  \n\nI don't quote Wikipedia.  I'd rather give an honest opinion or answer about something rather than quoting something that's easily looked up.  \n\nNow something that's a little more challenging, I'll look up and quote.  But the Wikipedia stuff is too dang easy.
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I assume your doing a paper, and so I will provide you with references.\n\nThe newadvent.org site is a good site which can ask the question you answered as can the wikipedia.org site. \n\nStart with the site below.\n\nIf you use information from the sites, I suggest you provide a list of references at the end of your paper.
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Opinion.\n\nFacts can be looked up by anyone. They are not as fun. All you have to do is copy and paste the wiki article.\n\nOpinions give you a chance to express your unique (or not-so-unique) point of view.
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The content at Wikipedia is licensed for free distribution.  Answers.com uses the content from Wikipedia on their site under this license.\n\nThe information on Yahoo! Answers comes from the members of the Answers community.  Some of them use Wikipedia and Answers.com to do research or to support their answers.
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search the web and check them for authenticity, cross-referencing them with one another. there's a lot of misinformation going around as well.
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I love Wikipedia! That is why I seldom have to ask a question.\n\nIt's answers are certainly more reliable then some on Answers.
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let's see, wikipedia has oodles of info
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wikipedia.com is an online encyclopedia that should have terms for almost everything you would need.
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yep wikipedia is awesome everything you wanna know is right there no matter what it might be it's terrific