Since as long as i can remember starting a paper or any other article i had to write, i was always told to never use Wikipedia. The information there is easily changed and therefore it can be unreliable. This site can not be considered accurate if any "average Joe" can come in access a subject then add what they believe is an accurate description/definition to the page.
The only time i use Wikipedia is to sometimes look up something for my own purposes. It sometimes gives a better description of a what I am looking for at the time. It is in general terms.
The program that was built by Virgil Griffith is a wonderful idea though.His program traces the IP address of those people who change the content on Wikipedia. Until it is perfected and able to be constantly used then Wikipedia still can't be consider a true source. People who have big companies are able to go into wikipedia right now and take out certain areas about thier product they might not want the general public to know, but hopefully in the future Mr. Griffith's idea will really be able to help and make Wikipedia a more reliable source.
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