The Validity Of Wikipedia
Setting aside various issues, Wikipedia has proven to be unreliable compared to its’ edited counterparts such as journals or encyclopedias. These mediums are weighed as acceptable sources because of how extensively they are analyzed by professionals through a peer-review process. Wikipedia is completely unprotected, therefore anyone who wishes to edit an article, and this takes away any validity the articles might have. Articles have also been found to include legitimate inaccuracies, and the speed at which they have corrected said inaccuracies ranges widely from immediately addressed to entirely looked over. Biased politically-charged incentives also prove to illustrate a very one-dimensional approach when researching themes. Dilemmas can