re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source

[Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com>]

Maybe I'm wrong on this, but has anyone actually said that Wikipedia was an authoritative source on any topic? Sure, people have said that they use it, but has anyone said that Wikipedia is their ONLY source of information and that they trust it 100%?

If not, why all the arguements about Wikipedia not being authoritative? Isn't that a straw man? Unless, of course, the assertion is that all information sources must be authoritative, which is great if authoritative meant that the information is 100% accurate and unbiased. If that is the criteria, I've never seen an authoritative source. I've only seen ones that had the money, influence, weapons, or reputation to fake it. ;-)



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