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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I really take people seriously when there response is "BUUULLLLL!!!!"  |
And I'm a Wikipedia contributor. QED.
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It's true that professors won't allow students to use Wikipedia as a source, but they generally don't allow any encyclopedia as a source.
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I could care less about allowed by professors, no longer being in school. I said "garbage as."
There is no professional standard, there is no documented fact checking, there is no integrity check or credential check of contributors or content of any kind except the crowd-sourced variety, and, I'm sorry to say, most crowds are mostly made up of idiots.
Wikipedia is very nice for getting an idea about a HUGELY broad array of subjects, but is not a substitute for a professional enterprise that values it's reputation and makes effort to check the credentials and ability of it's contributors, and the veracity of the facts they contribute, all of which EB, and other traditionally published encyclopedias do, and Wikipedia does not.
Comparing Wikipedia to the EB is like comparing the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' to the EG. In fact, Douglas Adams was somewhat prescient in making that comparison.