Okay, tell me already.

So what is the Wikipedia? Perhaps we should let it speak for itself. The definition is, after all, rather simple:

Wikipedia is a wiki-based free content encyclopedia with supporting almanac-like and gazetteer-like information. Free means both free to use and free to edit. Wikipedia is multilingual, and an open-content, collaboratively developed creation, managed and operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.

But what do we learn from a definition such as that? Free to use, is, of course, rather clear-cut. But free to edit? Ah, there's the rub. Almost all of the pages in the Wikipedia are open for editing at any time, by anyone. Quoting an entry can be a dangerous thing, considering that there's no guarantee that the same text is going to be there when someone tries to check your source.

Go to: Too Common Knowledge.