Is Wikipedia reliable?

I think they're a good read but i do know that just about anyone can edit it and insert BS in it.

You kinda never know what's true or not with Wikipedia but what do you think?

Wikipedia is a semi-credbile source.

Don't they allow the user the option of editing it? To me, that's not very credible.

in itself it is not reliable, but usually provides accurate info. just make sure to research sources to assure validity

It is obviously not compleatly reliable.. (what is?)

but as PVS said it is normally quite accurate. more so than most places on the net anyway.

Yeah. It certainly is reliable. Credible not so much maybe.

Yeah, sure....

just as reliable as public opinion.

We get zeros if we use wikipedia as sources. 😬

No.Wikipedia is defenetly not a reliable source for information.They can type in anything there that they see fit.

Originally posted by Mr Parker
No.Wikipedia is defenetly not a reliable source for information.They can type in anything there that they see fit.

The discussion tabs/boards for the articles often have more info than the actual article.

A lot of the stuff in there is accurate... Of course not everything is, but most. Just don't look at things that are subjective (or new/controversial topics) they aren't really reliable

People talk a lot about this. Wikipedia is cleary not a scholarly source.

On most scientific issues, Wikipedia has more coverage and is more correct than traditional encyclopedias because articles are written by scientists instead of writers.

However, on other issues, it is much more speculative than a traditional encyclopedia.

Wikipedia is a great starting place to get general information, but if you're really trying to be academic, you should reaffirm what they are saying.

Originally posted by Mr Parker
No.Wikipedia is defenetly not a reliable source for information.They can type in anything there that they see fit.

No they can't... All edits are moderated, researched... The research undertaken is not that strict though.

It's pretty reliable. Not credible though... Pretty much what everyone else is saying.

Wikipedia is reliable for an over-view of a certain subject, but for accurate information, it's not very good at.

Its reliable, but it depends. Some stuff is made up, but it is corrected, for the most part I find the info I see on there to be accurate.

Wikipedia's article on zoophilia (sex with animals) is a good page longer then its page on Judaism. I'm not sure what this says about Wikipedia, exactly, but I think it says something.

Originally posted by Gregory
Wikipedia's article on zoophilia (sex with animals) is a good page longer then its page on Judaism. I'm not sure exactly what this says about it, but I think it says something.

The real question here is not why the page is longer, but why you were reading it

Nah, they're not too reliable. Sometimes they are, but unless you have other sources to back up what's said on Wiki, it's not really too useful outside of entertainment.

Also, it's called bestiality.