Seriously, Wikipedia is not that accurate at all

I know people who love Wikipedia and people who seem to hate it. Personally, I think we are better off with Wikipedia than without it. Some topics aren't to be trusted though, topics associated with political, nationalistic, or religious tensions tend to become little battlegrounds on Wikipedia. Ditto with biographies of famous people, which vandals seem to love to mess with. Obscure things, oddly, do well on Wikipedia and that is why I like it so much. Where else can I find a hub of information for topics that only I would be interested in, like a specific long-obsolete computer system or an unused alternative to morse code. Wikipedia is the place to go for these kinds of things, and it never ceases to amaze me how often it performs with flying colors and returns my results.

Hi, While I do not contest the complaint that Wikipedia might have inaccuracies,I have checked up many articles on Wikipedia and they seem to be quite factual . Yes;there would be certain debatable things . However;that is bound to be the case when you have a Site with Millions of Articles .

I like wikipedia very much. For any information that I need, I first turn to wikipedia. The best thing about it is that the information that you may be searching might be very detailed/technical/difficult/etc but because many people edit the pages, most information is represented in a way that even a layman can understand the meaning effectively. For example, I am a technical person and cannot understand medical terms and topics. But when I look them up in wikipedia, it will be given there in simple terms which I can understand.

Hi there! Yeah, that could be possible that it isn't that reliable where accuracy of information is concerned since I believe that other users can post their knowledge about the subject matter. I guess it would be best to have three or more websites as reference whatever it is that you are researching about.

I sort of don't expect wiki to be that accurate since as you said, internet users are free to edit and add information as they please. And although there are also those checking and editing inaccurate information, it is possible that you could come across wrong information before it is edited. I actually use wiki more to check up on famous people LOL because it's really up to date! As for other encyclopedic information, I would usually use Encarta. I think one of the downsides of allowing just about anyone to provide info is that some people could be up to no good and provide false information on purpose. My brother and his friends, for one, are examples. They have on more than one occasion messed with the wiki info of a rival university, and the info wasn't edited out right away!