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Med Students
Hey there,
This goes out to everyone using Wikipedia, can it really be trusted as in 99.9 %?
I use it quite often for my assignments, as it's quite time-consuming to go through all the books.
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wikipedia is normally very reliable for just random information. however, if you are going to cite something in an assignment, it's best not to use it. none of my teachers will accept it as a legitimate source. when i have to write a paper over something i know nothing about, i always read the wikipedia article so i can have an idea of what i'm writing and then i click on the sources at the bottom. wikipedia's editors are really good though and they do correct errors. i pulled up a wikipedia page one time about a person and it said that they had died in a car wreck... i was a little confused, so i refreshed the page and it was gone (the person is still alive).
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I feel confident using it, but be forewarned: a lot of professors will not accept Wikipedia articles as a legitimate source. It's always best to double-check your facts before using them, anyhow.
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there are rumors going around that you can sign up to wikipedia and change the information and make it false (dates,names,places etc..) i am not sure how true it is, but wikipedia is banned at my school. you can use it, but maybe check on another website to make sure its true :] hope i helped
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Wikipedia is a very reliable source. It's been proven to have less errors than printed encyclopedias like Britannica. However, it is not suitable as a primary source for anything. If you have to cite your sources at all on an assignment, Wikipedia should not be one of them. This isn't because anyone can edit it, it's because general resources like encyclopedias and textbooks are not suitable as primary sources. Britannica is equally unsuitable.
It is fine to read the article so that you know enough about the subject to find other sources. That's a good idea. Also, look at the "references" section in most Wikipedia articles. Those are very good sources, and could take away a lot of your work.
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Actually wikipedia is a website where they take ay kind of information. Lets say that you are doing a report on Mozart. You could add that he was gay and it would publish to the website. It is actually not reliable at all. It is something that most college professors would advise not using.
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