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As someone who is a student, someone who plans to go into journalism and someone who LOVES just sitting and reading Wikipedia to waste some time, I think that Wikipedia is a great innovation in the distribution of information. However, I would never, ever, ever consider using the information in an academic or professional context on it's own.
I believe Wikipedia is not a source: it's a REsource. It's a place to use as a starting point to learn about a subject and find additional information. That's why the citations are so important to the information that gets placed on the site.
I would consider using Wikipedia as a source to be like going to a city's tourism/visitor's center, reading the pamphlets and saying you went to all of the sites.
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--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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