Last semester I found out the hard way that wikipedia was not a good source to use. I took a public speaking class and most of my information came from that web-site. Little did I know that I was going to get counted off for using wikipedia as a source. I've never been a big computer person and I had never really thought about people going in and changing information. After my professor told our class what all goes on in wikipedia I began to understand why it is not a good web-site to use to gather factual information.
I do however think it's very useful since it does have almost everything you need to know and very user friendly. But, if you choose to use wikipedia while writing a speech, paper, or ect I do believe you should always back up you information with a variety of other sources.
I found the article's and video very interesting. I now know why people say it's not a good way to go when you are trying to find the facts.
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