Credibility of Wikipedia

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The Credibility of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is an open source online encyclopedia containing over three million articles to date. There has been debate over the credibility of Wikipedia's content since its creation by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger back in 2000. The value of the content on the now famous site has been banned by professors and various universities and praised by the others.

Openness

"Wikipedia is written collaboratively by largely anonymous Internet volunteers who write without pay. Anyone with Internet access can write and make changes to Wikipedia articles?" (Wikipedia, 2011, para. 1.) Since Wikipedia is an open source, meaning that person with a modem and a computer can contribute to the website's content, leaves a gaping hole as...