I can find half the information on Wikipedia anywhere else. If you believe it is unreliable, is there a more reliable website that covers a comparable scope information?
G’day Thebrawl, As of today, there were just 1.747 million articles on the English Wikipedia. There are numerous other Wikipedias in other languages including an Anglo-Saxon version. Overall, there are seven million articles in 251 language versions of Wikipedia. However, the fact that anyone can edit Wikipedia does lead to occasions where misleading and even potentially libellous material has been posted on Wikipedia. It is usually removed in minutes especially on articles like George W. Bush which has been the most heavily vandalised article in the history of Wikipedia. There are studies showing that Wikipedia is roughly as accurate as other encyclopedias. A Nature study showed that Wikipedia approached the Encyclopedia Britannica in reliability – however, Encyclopaedia Britannica has disputed the finding. However, there is no doubt that Wikipedia can be problematic in reliability as like all sources. That is why for example I try to provide several sources in referencing responses s
