2006-11-25 03:59:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think they are quite good, and their advantage over a traditionally printed encyclopaedia is that they are constantly being updated.
2006-11-25 04:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Accurate" is the word you're looking for.
Like the entire Internet, anyone can say anything on Wikipedia and because it's "in print," people will believe it. Keep that in mind when you use it as a resource. This is why some teachers ban the use of the Internet for research assignments.
For schoolwork, you can use the Wikipedia to get some basic info, but to impress your teacher and write your bibliography, confirm your facts at the library with the Encyclopedia Britannica or at least the World Book.
2006-11-25 13:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by Bryce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's very authentic.
i love it
you can even find info about your medicine
what they do is...people go on there and create a topic aka...about the letter A.
and if they get the information wrong another person can research it and fix it. they can discuss problems with it on the discussion page about the certain topic. so if you are unsure the info is right...see if it is and go to the discussion page to see if people are talking about the same thing.
if someone writes a topic negatively or with too much praise, people will bring it up and will put a certain kind of bumper(i call it that) on the page to show people this might be inacurrate.
another good example is the hitler page. they made sure they locked the page with only the info about him so no one can write (sadly) anything negative about him...which is rather hard to do.
also the website gives great resources!
2006-11-25 12:05:32 · answer #3 · answered by labohemianartist 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, for the most part it's a pretty good place to start, but I have found misinformation more than once on it. I have even tried to change it (I had "documentation" of the material), only to have it changed back by someone who just "knew" they were right.
Like I said, it's a good place to start, but make sure you verify the material before you start using too much.
2006-11-25 18:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wiki is not real in a reference sense but it can be entertaining and some facts are mixed with the trivia. Just double check any info found on Wiki with a real source,
2006-11-25 14:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by wondering 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem is people; especially people answering the questions here, rely on it for almost every answer. if you really want answers concerning history then the best place to go is a book dedicated soley to that subject and not some interent dictionary.
2006-11-26 09:37:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How far you trust Yahoo! Answers? The same thing applies to Wikipedia too.
2006-11-25 12:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by rdhinakar4477 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
about 80 percent
2006-11-27 04:11:33 · answer #8 · answered by lion4roaring 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fairly authentic but corrections are being made regularly.
2006-11-25 13:17:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, ur takin the risk that normal people (not experts) have made the content
2006-11-25 12:05:26 · answer #10 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋