Wikipedia: Can YOU Handle The Truth?

I have commented several times regarding the value of Wikipedia, and its limitations. Click on the link below for a scholarly opinion on it. My bottom line: it is excellent IF you take the second step: click on the research presented on each claim pertinent to your search: 

“Wikipedia Is the Most Accurate Form of Information Ever Created”

Are You Using Wikipedia?

The internet can be a treacherous place if one is looking for unbiased information. Unfortunately, the political right and other magical thinking entities muddy the waters in an attempt to discredit legitimate resources. One such target is Wikipedia. The truth about Wikipedia is that it deserves to be at least an initial "go-to" resource. One of the top fact-checking websites is Media Bias/Fact Check and it has included it in its "Least Biased" sources (link).

Click on the link below for a podcast discussing in detail the history, policies, and procedures of Wikipedia:

The Endurance of Wikipedia

Standards

"This war on standards, sold in the name of freedom, has encompassed medical practice, licensure, regulation of products, academia, and publishing. Wikipedia is just the latest battle ground – the erosion of standards in public reference material."

No standards, no measurement tools.  No measurement tools, a total chaotic situation for society.  Standards are NOT against freedom, only against poor reasoning and pseudo-scientific beliefs. This is a must-read article if you respect science-based thinking.

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/wikipedia-vs-quackery-standards-vs-chaos/