Should I trust Wikipedia?
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Not completely. One should never trust only ONE source of information. They may not have every fact on the subject and a single view can be biased. Try a few different sources and get a more well rounded take on it.
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Wikipedia seems to have a fairly good explanation.
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wikipedia is best, it carries basicly every bit of information you need and it is highly reliable, and real scientific research has shown it to have less errors than other encyclopedias.
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Wikipedia has some good articles...
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you can get some info from wikipedia.org
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Wikipedia is good, but you have to be extra careful to evaluate the accuracy of postings.  They have gone to some trouble to revise and edit content, but it's not the same as having a few select experts on a specific field write the article (like a traditional encyclopedia).  I would be comfortable using it as a source, but certainly not my only source.
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The third question is puzzling in that for something to be different you need to know what you are using for compartive purposes.  Wikipedia is a fundamental source of specific information that is realiable and very interesting and helpful.
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Wikipedia.com has it all.
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Yikes, Mabozabe gave a huge answer. You can't go wrong with Wikipedia, though.
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wikipedia.org has tons of info on everything.
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you'll find everything you need to know with Wikipedia
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I am very conservative and use wikipedia a lot - hadn't really noticed a left lean, but then I mostly look up technical stuff.  Of course since it is based on contributions from anyone, if you see something that is wrong, just correct it, or at least add another viewpoint.
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G'day Graphix,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nI am an active participant and admin on Wikipedia. One of the most important issues is verifiabiility and ensuring we have sources for everything in the articles. It is improving although we have a far bit of work to go.\n\nThe other issue is developing stable articles so that visitors see articles without vandalism. I understand that the boffins are working on that as we speak.\n\nI will be interested to see what others have to add.\n\nRegards
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Here is some wikipedia and some other sources
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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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One of the most useful websites is www.wikipedia.com
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Wikipedia is really easy to search and use, but Encyclopedia Britannica is what I use when I need something reliable.