Wikipedia is a web based "encyclopedia" that anyone can edit. Apparently this guy Virgil Griffith has come up with a new product called the Wikipedia Scanner that can trace the edits to the IP address they were made from. So what that means is you can download this scanner and then see who edits and what they edit. This is a good thing for maybe discouraging companies from posting false information.
I've been to Wikipedia many times, I have never really trusted the information that I have found. It was however a good place to start researching subjects. If I find something interesting I will cross reference it with other databases(that are accurate.)Also most of Wikipedia does show references, simply check the reference to see if it is a trusted source.
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