SHOULD WE BELIEVE WIKIPEDIA?

A question of trustworthiness

Synopsis

Wikipedia has become the sixth most visited website in the world, but users know little about the collaborative encyclopedia’s rules, operation, and trustworthiness.

Indeed, anyone can modify online articles as he wishes. Content is not exactly secure, so one must rely on the honesty of anonymous contributors.

Wikipedia has decided to allow only registered contributors to make certain changes. But anyone can become one quite easily.