Can you trust Wikipedia? Ben L.

Is Wikipedia a reliable source? Some people say that it is and they would defend it to the end, and other people would say no and would never use it. If you ask me I would use Wikipedia as a reliable source and would trust what is on the site. Wikipedia is a website that people from all over contribute to, to make it the best it can be. Wikipedia also has filter and rules so if you edit the website it has to be backed up somewhere else, or the edit will be fixed or removed from the site. Because of the filters Wikipedia provides and all the people contributing to it and making it a good source and I would actually recommend people to use it. Wikipedia has to be backed up by other reliable sources in multiple places. And it's not just information from other sites, It is physically cited in Wikipedia for it to be allowed on the site. Another reason Wikipedia is good is because it isn't biased. This means that nothing can be based on someone's opinion. It has to have a neutral view on the issue or fact. Over all Wikipedia has a strong and active community updating, monitoring, and editing the site all the time. All these things that people do to contribute to Wikipedia make it a good reliable site that I would use.