| Wikipedia has become much better in the past year or so.
Since they were acquired, they have staff on hand whose job it is is to go and look at the recent edits to pages, as well as new pages, and check the references and their validity.
This is a good thing, as you will now see, more often, the disclaimer at the top stating that the information is one-sided, not objective, or has no good references.
The other thing to remember, when using Wiki, is that it is the same as Cliff's Notes.
If you have to write a report on Tom Sawyer, you might read the C.N. for an idea of what the story is about, but the reference in the C.N. would be the book itself.
Think of Wiki like a strong summary, and not an actual encyclopedia, and you will be much safer in your research.
Personally, I tell people to look at a Wiki article to better focus their search, and to use the reference material as their starting point.
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