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Quote by: Muser  I see that as a good thing - guards against the principle of "the victors writing the history books", as it were. The more collective knowledge from disparate masses, the better, IMO, provided substantive references and evidence are provided. |
But that's part of the problem, Wikipedia doesn't do a very good job in the area of substantive references and evidence.
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I think Wiki is an excellent informational starting point. I maintain, however, it should not be used as a sole, authoritative source, a principle which applies to anything and everything. Or certainly should. That being said, the referenced footnotes for further research are what lend Wiki a good deal of its credibility.
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If you consider "external links" to be "referenced footnotes," I can see where you might find Wiki to be credible but I haven't seen much in the way of actual "referenced footnotes" in articles I've read in terms of the footnotes providing bibliographical sources for the information in the articles.