This is very interesting and new for me to know that Wikipedia is based on the concept of open source and participatory journalism. I’ve always used to enter “wikipedia” in the search option of my Yahoo! in order to find the main well-known facts about somebody or something. I have never doubted the reliability of the information I looked through. But, if u enter the site and read it more carefully, you will see these words: “Welcome to Wikipedia the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Now how can we trust this source? I usually do, when I need something really fast, but I am sure that I will never use this source for serious projects and research. More over nowadays majority of teachers, and professors prohibit their students to use this source as a reference in their papers. So I can conclude that this source is very comfortable to use, but not 100% reliable. But, on the other hand, some professors do not prohibit but even encourage students to use Wiki source, as Wikipedia untrustworthy helps students to develop critical thinking skills. “You need to be carefull about trusting all that you read”

Natasha S.