Why is wikipedia such a bad website?

Answer 1

some of the info on wikipedia isn't true but some is so it may not be the most accurate source to rely on.

Answer 2

On the contrary many people belive Wikipedia is a very helpful website that provides a wonderful amount of free information. Some others think it is horrible and provides you with false information. I agree with those people who do not like wikipedia.

Answer 3

Wikipedia used as a source for research is almost always considered a bad soure of information by teachers. The reason behind this is because, like this site, it contains user-provided and edited material which may or may not be true. In addition, the information on Wikipedia can be incomplete and fail to give the researcher the full answer.

However, the concept of the site and the site itself are not bad. Although the information is provided by whomever decides to edit an article and can be either objective or subjective, the site does tend to give the reader a good idea of the subject under question.

Did you know that Wikipedia will tell you whether the article you are reading has works cited to help support its claim?

For those who don't know where to go: http://wikipedia.org/

Also Wikipedia has an edit button on the pages
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Answer 4

Wikipedia is not necessarily "a bad source". The key point is that the articles consist of user-generated content. In other words, anyone with internet access can contribute to it and it is not reviewed by experts. If possible, learn to use it critically and intelligently.

Obvious things to look out for include:

• Articles and sections of articles written by people with an agenda of their own, people with their own little preoccupations and obsessions, which dominate their contributions and make them one-sided and unreliable. This kind of problem is likely to be greatest with controversial topics, for example, in articles on politics, ideologies and religion. Nevertheless, some contributors may turn other, seemingly uncontroversial topics into a battlefield.
• Advertising and self-promotion.

Always have a look at the discussion page(s). These should give you some idea of whether there has been a lot of heated argument about the article. Always check the content of the articles against at least one other souce.

Another Answer:

Some believe that Wikipedia is a bad source because the articles are edited by anyone. A person may go on Wikipedia and post an article that is full of false information.

The site operates off of the idea that everyone's and anyone's contributions to a topic are equally valuable, which is illogical. There is no actual way of recognizing expert knowledge over inexpert opinion. Often what constitutes "research" are search engine results and prejudice. Wikipedia runs off the notion that poor articles will eventually be edited until they become good but they are really more likely to be edited until all but the most invested loose interest and give up trying. Thus, what proclaims itself as a kind of encyclopedia is a storehouse of opinions and even Propaganda.

Significantly there is a lack of any required standard of writing, error-checking and libel policies which means that many if not most Wikipedia entries are not well written and are unreliable or even flagrantly wrong.

Answer 5

Wikipedia is not a reliable source for information, especially for school papers, because the information is not peer-reviewed. The majority of information used for papers and like should be from peer-reviewed sources. Wikipedia is a good resource for sources though. If you scroll down to the bottom of an article, the entry should have the sources that are cited for the article.

Answer 6

The Only bad thing about wiki pedia (and wikianswers) is that you can sometimes NEVER find the thing you want. 8/100

Answer 7

Well it isn't the worst! However, Wikipedia is not a Q&A site at all.

Answer 8

WikiHow tells you how to do things. WikiHow is a wiki based collaboration to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual.