The Greatest "Mistake" All-time: Wikipedia

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I don't know what's the wrong about people nowadays. Seemingly, I have this weird problem with people in general. The thing is, whenever in topic or in reference, people likes to refer to this one website called Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Until now it sounds totally alright, and doesn't seems to have any problem, right? No, wrong! This IS the problem. Let me explain further and I hope all readers that trip over this post will understand the issue.

Wikipedia is created with the contents of volunteered work, information, perceptions, and understanding. This is to say that anyone can be a contributor to the website, and anyone can be an article writer. This low barrier of content is the information we all would refer to as knowledge. With this in mind, do you mind ask yourself a question: How accurate can the information be, understanding that Quality Control (QC) is this low?

Most articles can be edited by anyone with access to Internet. A very bad example of amendment, improvemental or enhancement management. How so? Since Wikipedia is created with the ability to share information across Internet, it would means that whoever wrote an article may, or may not (in most case) know the people that reads them. Not to even think about the people that edits the same article, can be re-edited by millions of other people, leading to more unreliable information implant into the original information. First, is caused a sense of lost of originality in the information; second, the lost of accuracy in communicating information.

It is stated that articles contain 'significant misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism'. But it seems like most user that I know, isn't aware of this. And I am sure a lot or in fact the majority of the people who studies or are young student refers to Wikipedia for information and isn't aware of this. And I guess the most stupidest (as in folly) mistake would be to use it in a graded academic assignment, project or report.

After sharing so much, actually, if you are interested to read the original thing (the most true thing), you can visit HERE. Oh, and back to topic. You know what makes me really come to the point to write this? Everyone take the information for real! My cousin does, my friend does, for now the only person I know who doesn't is Chris. For he is a lecturer and a PhD and he knows the academic lookouts. The rest, is either lazy, take things for granted, or don't be bothered.

Some bottom line from me: you want to refer to Wikipedia, is not exactly a problem. But know what you are reading and treat it as casual information if you must use them, but not treating as the ultimate knowledge. And even if you must, kindly learn from their sources then, at least it does not subject to casual re-editions. Last, if you can't do any of those, then just don't refer to it, this will do you better than mislead your mind with false information.