About Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a "wiki" encyclopedia. A "wiki" is a software program that allows multiple people to collaborate by posting information and changing each others postings.
The great thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can post to it. The bad thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can post to it. This is good because readers can correct errors and improve the knowledge on the pages. This is bad because readers can introduce errors, accidentally or spitefully.
Wikipedia is a decent start to your academic research and can give you good background information. But verify the information with other sources. Wikipedia does ask authors to post references at the end of articles so use those to find the original source. (But make sure that source is the original source and not just another secondary source.)
Wikipedia Errors
Examples of errors and issues that have occurred with Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems
- Kennedy, Byrd the Latest Victims of Wikipedia Errors
- Comedy of errors hits the world of Wikipedia
- Conservapedia: Examples of Bias in Wikipedia
- John Seigenthaler Sr.: A false Wikipedia 'biography'
- Bauer v. Wikimedia Lawsuit in which company sued Wikimedia alleging it was responsible for slander posted on its site. Court dismissed case, stating Wikimedia had no liability for posting statements of others.
- Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Value in Wikipedia
- U. of Texas Professor Praises Wikipedia
- Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia
- Correcting Errors: Wikipedia and the Library of Congress
- Using Wikipedia Gould Library, Carleton College
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