I rely on Wikipedia frequently to learn about topics with which I'm not familiar or to verify details. Certainly there are instances where it's annoying to find flags saying that an article on this religious figure or that political topic are under some sort of flame war that may never be resolved. But it's an incredibly useful resource and one that I'd hate to be without.
As long as there is an open edit history that you can view about each article that shows who edited each, when and why (and what was changed), the user can be informed about it. I'm glad they (I think) are moving towards no more anonymous edits, as I think if you're going to alter content in a public forum, you should put your name behind it.
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