Fact, Fiction or Opinions?...

wikipedia is an encyclopedia put together by common people. no one actually filters out wrong information (or if there is actually someone who does, information update is still not done in a second's notice). although i thank wikipedia for always being there to supply immediate information, it is not advisable to be used as reference in important research papers. i guess it is always safer to use library books as reference. you are at least rest assured that the professionals who published their books know what they're talking about. your problem is a simple case of laziness :) go and study instead of mylotting. LOL. kidding :))

Wikipedia is an open forum where people can give there views on the said subject.But i don't think that whatever there on Wikipedia is authentic. so if someone doing research on any subject and taking help of Wikipedia then he has to think twice. for freshers Wikipedia is the best

Wikipedia is a website you should not trust IMO. Because in wiki, EVERYBODY (the members) can just edit all they want. I've been using wiki for my references but now, I stopped using it. I've heard several issues about wikipedia, but the one that I really remembered the most is the issue regarding the inkblot test. Wikipedia released all the answers to the test ((BTW, inkblot is a test used by psychologists in which they will show you a board/paper that has ink all over it and you will determine what the ink looks like. There are no right-and-wrongs in this test BUT you're answer will determine what goes on in your mind or if something is wrong with you.)) which made psychologists angry. It's even featured in yahoo news. Aside from this, I have a personal experience regarding wikipedia. I was surfing through wiki when I stumbled upon an article. The article is interesting so I decided to post it in my CT private account blog. And as expected, the article is not at all true...I was really dumb not to see the warning in the article that it does not have any reliable source. But still, wiki has reliable articles you can count on for your homework.

I always do research on many things and one of the sites i get for reference is Wikipedia but its just for reference and not for the whole idea.I got to research also on other site.

I think that no matter how you surf, even those "trusted" sites, you should keep in mind that everything comes from somewhere, but where is that somewhere. I say you should use it to get ideas of where to go and what sounds like the "truth". Just keep it in mind but do not use it to base your paper or research on.