Do you trust Wikipedia as a source?

[Faust03]

I remember one of my friends in high school edited an article there to say something stupid, I forget what the article was and what the edit said though because it got changed back

 

[moonbits]

Not in political/historical events but in terms of science, concepts, nature and all those topics I trust it.

 

[Faust03]

I think I also remember replacing a picture of obama or some other politician with k.rool, it is super easy to edit this stuff lmao

 

[jon2]

I look at Wikipedia to look for sources and compare them

 

[Prism_Red]

Pretty neutral, but my rule of thumb is always try to search from other sources as well and make our own conclusion about it.

 

[Stookymalarkey]

It depends. If the article is political and the admins are biased one way, they'll make sure that any edits that would make it more balanced are removed and prevent anyone they don't agree with them from posting. I believe that Wikipedia isn't as neutral as they like to appear and has no real mechanism for reporting unreasonable actions taken by the admins. Overall, I don't feel comfortable using them as the sole source of online information and encourage others to look at other sources as well.

 

[dropsmegamega]

Honestly? Wikipedia is much more like common sense than actually scientific.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

I have seen how they have changed some articles to fit whatever narrative they want to push, I have also seen how they ask for money, but they are already cover by other corporations/millionaries (they sent that money to other stuff that they like).

So no, but there is no such thing as full neutral and 100% true source, specially in these times. However wikipedia can be used like any other source platform: to learn and crossreference information. Should always try to get more than one information about a topic and process it yourself.

 

[Boog111]

It's useful to get general information. I use it at work when I have to look up medical conditions I've never heard of. It might not be the best information but its a place to start.

 

[χKai]

The mandela effect has taken it's toll..