Citing Wikipedia
I love the Wikipedia . It's a great place to search for any kind of information and a good place to start learning about anything. Is it trustworthy enough so you can cite it in scientific projects? Well... that's arguable and has been arguable since it was created. But arguments I have read aren't always good enough for one side or the other. Even though anyone can edit it and insert incorrections, the articles are quickly corrected by maintainers and visitors. I've seen this happen in real time while I was browsing the wikipedia. Off course this depends on the article itself and the attention it gets from other users. What if when we last read it and acquired information it was wrong and only corrected after we closed the browser? In my opinion it's up to the reader to cross check the information before using it in an important project. But this is also true for most scientific papers. This is one of those views , against citing the Wikipedia, that misses the poi