What is the problem with Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia. Because, as a user-generated source, it can be edited by anyone at any time, any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or just plain wrong.

What is a good Wikipedia username?

Changes made to it should reflect consensus. This page in a nutshell: When choosing an account name, do not choose names which may be offensive, misleading, disruptive, or promotional. The username should represent one person; do not use your organisation’s name.

Why Wikipedia is the best?

Wikipedia, having contributors from many areas of the world, provides its readers with a “world view” that could not be provided simply by few contributors from a limited region. This also serves to eliminate cultural bias in articles. To use an extended metaphor, Wikipedia is very fertile soil for knowledge.

Can I edit Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit nearly any page and improve articles immediately. You do not need to register to do this, and anyone who has edited is known as a Wikipedian or editor.

Should I use my real name in Wikipedia?

It can be your real name, if you so choose, but you should be aware of the risks involved in editing under your real name. Wikipedia usernames are case sensitive, but the first letter is always automatically capitalized.

Is Wikipedia a reliable source for writing a paper?

Because Wikipedia cannot be considered a reliable source, the use of Wikipedia is not accepted in many schools and universities in writing a formal paper, and some educational institutions have banned it as a primary source while others have limited its use to only a pointer to external sources.

Does Wikipedia allow anonymous editing?

Wikipedia allows anonymous editing; contributors are not required to provide any identification or an email address. A 2007 study at Dartmouth College of the English Wikipedia noted that, contrary to usual social expectations, anonymous editors were some of Wikipedia’s most productive contributors of valid content.

Can wikipedia be used for revenge editing?

The prevalence of non-neutral or conflict-of-interest editing and the use of Wikipedia for “revenge editing” has attracted publicity for inserting false, biased, or defamatory content into articles, especially biographies of living people.

Is it possible to read all of Wikipedia?

If you try to read it all you’ll either quit after 1000 words, or shoot yourself. The page, which includes 265 references, is mostly maintained by two people who are probably mentally ill. This is Wikipedia at its worst: experts ruin a topic by making it incomprehensible to anyone but themselves.