Is the information on Wikipedia really credible?
Comparisons of Wikipedia articles with other reference works has shown that accuracy and comprehensiveness are comparable, with Wikipedia sometimes being superior. One reason for that is BECAUSE anyone can edit. Because anyone can edit, if any person looking at an article sees an error, they can immediately correct it. That openness has mobilized thousands of volunteers who constantly refine the content of our articles. A print article in a bound encyclopedia or some talking head on a Network TV program can’t be corrected, and they make errors all the time. So the reason Wikipedia is reliable is because there is an effective error correction and article improvement mechanism built into it. That is not to say there is not occasional vandalism. Much of it is obvious, but there can be subtle vandalism which may escape notice for sometime. Likewise, people with an ax to grind sometimes edit Wikipedia. I remember once there was a guy who hated chiropractic. No matter what you did, he would
