Wikipedia Hilary

Teachers, students, and just regular citizens all over the US argue about whether Wikipedia is a trustworthy source or not. I used to be on the side that argued how bad Wikipedia is. That its not a good source and that it just isn't worth your time all around. Although, after a lot of research, my point of view changed. I think that Wikipedia is doing a great job at keeping their website legit. They have tens of thousands of people who volunteer to watch over their articles and correct them when they've been vandalized every minute of everyday. For example, if you went into an article on Justin Bieber and put in that he has a pet unicorn named Bob or whatever, it would probably be changed in a matter of seconds. Wikipedia has improved their site over the last 10 or 11 years since they started and is the 8th most visited site on the Internet today. When you search something on google, I can almost guarantee that Wikipedia, WikiAnswers, or any wiki site is going to be in at least the top 5 things that come up. Some people argue about the editing on the site and that it isn't trustworthy because just about anyone can edit it. Well, there are things you can do to try and get around that problem. For one, you can check the history of edits to see what people have added and also see every version of the article that there is. This way, if a ridiculous edit was made then just look at the article before that edit was made. Also, you can check the discussion area to see what people are saying about the article, most of the time someone will have said something about how trusted this article is. But then again, just common sense can let you know because if someone is vandalizing the site then most of the time it is pretty easy to tell when they have. And if you still aren't sure, just check the information using another site, Wikipedia isn't the only one on the Internet with your information. This is why personally, I do trust Wikipedia and I think you should give it a chance, it's genius in the way that people all over the world can share their knowledge on one website in seconds. The idea was great, and I think they are doing the best they can to make it what it was made for.