12-01-2011, 12:48 AM
bwicklander wrote:
I donated a few weeks ago. I support Wikipedia every year. I find the information quite reliable, for the most part.
It is interesting that for college classes that I can't use wikipedia as a source, but college professors have no problem with me using someone's blog for the same information.
With the internet, there are few reliable sources anymore. Many publications have allowed blog style writing as journalism. Bleech!
There never were many reliable sources on the internet. I'm really surprised that you're allowed to use a blog as a source.
I would say that these are in general trustworthy sources.
- Stuff from the .gov or .mil domains
- Stuff from .edu domains, so long as it's not somebody's personal webspace at a school.
- Commercial sites where the site owner has something to lose (their reputation) if they get it wrong
Most everything else is unreliable, including Wikipedia, even though Wikipedia is generally accurate. People do intentionally screw around with Wikipedia.