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It's ok for occasional lookups - but not for serious info

It's ok for occasional lookups, but the fact that anybody can create and edit articles, and there are no official checks for accuracy, which means that I wouldn't rely on it for factual information.

Indeed, I wouldn't even trust it to provide an unbiased view: Often it's the last person who edited/reverted the page's bias that is showing, especially on controversial articles.

This article written by Andrew Rowley pretty much parallels what I think of the wikipedia:
http://www.picnam.com/andrew/Wikipedia.html

Posted by: CobraA1   Posted on: 08/04/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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