knitting librarian

Problems the article identified in Wikipedia were giving more weight to controversial topics (in science articles) than was appropriate and organization of content. The obvious benefit of WP though, is that if new information is discovered, it can be added and updated immediately. With EB and other encyclopedias, I suspect that content is altered only slightly faster than snail-paced.

So, do these two faults make WP a “never use this source” source? I’m not sure. I guess, if you compare WP to any encyclopedia, it’s fine. I hope that teachers are no longer allowing encyclopedias as a primary source of information. There is such basic and generalized information in the confines of an encyclopedia article that they never should be relied on as the only source of information. Hopefully richer content and better assignments will inspire students to learn more than they can from WP or EB.