I'm with Amelia. Wikipedia is tainted. You need to fully understand Wiki to know why. Here's a small offering, a tiny insight:
"Wikipedia is a social media encyclopedia. That is to say, it is the work of thousands of people collaborating across the Internet to write millions of articles on every subject one would expect to find in an encyclopedia, and many more. People are free to edit other peoples’ words, adding their own knowledge to the sum. The constitutional principles of Wikipedia demand that such edits and additions be written from a “Neutral Point of View”. Every article is backed up by a discussion page, where the people who are working on that article can meet and work out their differences in an atmosphere where good faith is assumed. Ultimately, differences which are not so resolved are put to community vote. In sum, Wikipedia is socially constructed reality.
Wikipedia has drawn its detractors across many fronts. One thing that both supporters and detractors agree on, however, is the remarkable speed with which Wikipedia is updated to reflect the world around us. When any significant event happens, the appropriate page is updated within minutes, or even within seconds, by someone. Be it a public statement of a treasury official, the passing of a celebrity or a car bomb going off on a street in Beirut, the appropriate Wikipedia pages are updated before the story has finished scrolling across the wire."
Take naked short selling as an example. Don't know what naked short selling is? Not interested? Then don't look up:
The Hijacking Of Social Media | Deep Capture: exposing the crime of naked short selling
We're not all doomed, but we are all being manipulated.
Swine flu a hoax?
No, but when my kids come home from school and complain about their teachers disallowing the use of Wiki as a resource for any and all school projects, EVER, you need information on Wiki, real inside-information before going to school and complaining to the hard working, dedicated and concerned teachers that are denying your son or daughter the use of what is widely misidentified as a valid source of information.
We all have a duty, to ourselves and to the potential readers of these posts, to ensure that what we contribute to this and any other social media site is accurate.
Wikipedia cannot be used because it is tainted. And however much your warm view of the world suggests otherwise, it is impossible to change that reality.