My high school teachers always use to tell their students that Wikipedia could be used as a starting point but should never be used as a resource and not all information that is seen on Wikipedia is true. This to me was great advice because when you're researching a topic you always need to start from somewhere and usually when you type a title or subject in the Google search engine a site comes up with Wikipedia. Well I always use to read the information on the Wikipedia site then go from their to expand and also make sure the information I read was correct.
The next question many students began to ask, "Is rather Wikipedia is a reliable source"? I believe it is to an extent. If you're looking up words for their meaning you should most likely use the dictionary but Wikipedia could be a backup. When you're researching a certain topic one should look for editions and corrections made to the page. Researchers should look for reliable editions but never take the information on Wikipedia to heart due to the fact that this site can be edited by anyone.
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