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I've been using and promoting Wikipedia for more than a year now. I was unsettled by the recent attacks on the website and was reconsidering my trust in the instrument. And now comes exactly what we need to really assess Wikipedia's quality: a scientific approach.

Nature has compared the accuracy of Wikipedia and Britannica. Their finding: "Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries". Is that enough to trust Wikipedia blindly? Sure not, but it's a good time to lower the guns against it.

It is sure untimely that Wikipedia's founder put his foot on his keyboard... Seriously: violating one of Wikipedia's fundamental rule. That's poor.

My Wikipedia tip: Use the "Discussion" section of each Wikipedia article. You can find there heated debates that will tell you as much on a topic that the entry itself.