Wikipedia - how much do you use it?

Do you depend on Wikipedia? Do you trust it? Do you contribute?

I personally thank Wikipedia for my growing knowledge in music, and in everything else a bit. I just don't want to say "if Wikipedia weren't, I..." The whole world would be different, no doubt...

I depended on Wikipedia almost 100% until the day I became a member of PA. Actually, PA tremendously decreased my interest on Wikipedia, both on editing and reading. I was really an active member there, but PA did it's effect...

But again, if Wikipedia weren't..... (Whoopss!!! )



Edited by Aeternus - December 26 2007 at 14:48

Very rarely -- I just Google any given topic, and (depending on the nature of the subject) tend to then click on links to government, university or other such "reputable" sources.

I use it somewhat frequently, but I'd never use it for a source for a project or report, just for random stuff.

Bluesaga wrote: A few times a day on average probably.  It's misleading though, people act like you can add or edit anything in the articles on wikipedia but I believe the revisions need to be passed by moderator-like people before (correct me if I'm wrong...).  I  mean I'm sure faulty stuff gets passed but probably not as often as the librarians at my school say..

You're right. Apparently there are people checking new and revised articles round-the-clock. And besides, people don't need Wikipedia to mess up topics and write goofy articles: that's what Uncyclopedia is for! (http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)

I use it to get a general view of what I'm researching and then find specialist sites to get more in depth knowledge, interestingly I recently discovered that my great grandfather has an entry on wikipedia detailing how he won his George Cross

Everyday...one of the most useful things on the internet. Even though it is inaccurate at times.

Quite alot, both for schoolwork and for fun.

I use it a lot for school, and many of the information is good, but you know, there always are mistakes. It's incredible the amount of info they have!

I use it a lot. In high school, it eventually got banned by most teachers, but I only had to do 1 or 2 research projects a year, so by that time it didn't even effect me really. My WW2 History teacher didn't care if we used it or not, and for a variety of other reasons, mostly because I write papers very well, I used only wikipedia and maybe 1 or 2 other sources to write a few research papers. The class was set up like a college class in high school, and since I wasn't getting college credit for the difficulty of the coursework, my using wikipedia reflects my contempt. In college, I haven't had to write a research paper yet. So, I use wikipedia if I'm curious about something.