NP Wikipedia

[Mike Weaver]

>
>Wikipedia is like your stoner friend who knows who all the cool bands
>are these days but will never help you move a sofa.  After a while,
>you decide that you'll hang out with him now and again, but you won't
>rely upon him in a crunch.
>
>-A. A.

Wikipedia's variable reliability is fast becoming an unreliable piece 
of folk wisdom. Every recent horror story about Wikipedia's 
unreliability quotes the same example of John Seigenthaler (and who'd 
have heard of him if he hadn't raised a stink about it?).
Personally I rely on it more and more as a main source of general 
knowledge, knowing that for controversial issues the discussion pages 
are often more important than the info pages themselves. (quick break 
here to remove DIE CASTRO DIE from Castro's bio page- some people are 
just so-o-o impatient).
No, Wikipedia's a friend I'll rely on in a crunch as long as I keep a 
check on their inner conflicts.