why do you trust others on the web to make truthful entries into such databases as wikipedia?
2006-11-10 01:10:53 · 6 answers · asked by Darin C 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I don't trust it 100% and neither do university profs. I'm in my second year and all profs say that Wikipedia is a good place to start, as in get ideas or discover general info, but it is not a good place to cite from without sufficent proof from other credible sources. People who write the info on Wikipedia are not professionals unlike other credible sources like the OED
2006-11-10 01:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by wolfgirl1987 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Trust Wikipedia as far as you trust the internet.
Every submission to wiki must have a source, so no citations are flagged and warn anyone who views. In this way information is available and filtered to user's awareness.
But remember many citations come from the internet, so if you can trust those sources...
As of recent, Wikipedia has taken many efforts to get rid of vandals and those perpetrating false info.
So yeah, like a math problem in which you are obligated to show your work, Wikipedia demands where the info it shows comes from.
Wikipedia is made of devote fans of knowledge and scholars of wisdom. We stand by the truth and burn the laziness of unsubstantiated claims!
The truth is in our sources!
2006-11-10 09:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by Philip K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is usually correct. and free, and gives a lot of references where you can crosscheck,
If there were some mistakes in the huge and unweildy and costly. Britannica at the library, how would they correct them? Wikipedia is current, so mistakes are regularly corrected, if they are present.
Besides, why do you ask questions at yahooanswers, when you can't trust the users to give you the right answer? Better lookup wikipedia in Britannica?
Oops, I didn't appear too hostile, did I>
2006-11-10 09:17:47 · answer #3 · answered by shrek 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One has to inspect the credentials of the person submitting the article. I have found some myths in medicine, but in general it seems fairy accurate.
2006-11-10 09:14:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't trust it. I hardly even use it because of all of the inaccuracies.
2006-11-10 09:13:00 · answer #5 · answered by Jenny 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It runs hot and cold, but it is current.
2006-11-10 09:12:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋