[rlmorel]

To the lefties, Wikipedia is the exact same thing as an online poll. They know that unilaterally overpowering it renders it useless as a real point of reference to the truth, and aids in their ability to use it as a tool to further their causes.

Many conservatives avoid it for exactly the same reasons they refuse to "Freep a Poll". They see it as a form of mental masturbation.

I like to use Wikipedia as a starting point for research...to find names, places and dates associated with particular events, and then I begin to comb the Internet for collaborating or contradictory evidence, and I examine the web sites to determine if they have an agenda to take into account.

[Melas]

Agreed. Except that I find wiki quite useful at times. It’s especially handy at finding mathematical formulas all in one place. Lately, building a fence and a garden I’ve learned that my trig is beyond rusty, but I’ve been able to brush up on all the formulas I needed in minutes at the computer instead of digging through the closets for textbooks I might only think I still have.