I am a student, and I constantly hear about how Wikipedia has a lot of false information due to the fact that anyone can edit it. I think this is a really bad reason to question Wikipedia's legitimacy mostly because no one would post hours worth of fake work on the internet, and if people spent very little time on their work then it is obvious it isn't true due to the fact that it will be very short and not well thought out and organized. Usually this type of work is not helpful anyway.. Another strong reason why people question Wikipedia's legitimacy is because they make money from their site by advertisements. Meaning the more viewers they have, the more money they make. This is the worst reason there is, this is because if a site wants to make money they will keep putting up correct and in-depth information to ensure that viewers continue to visit and in turn they continue to make money.
In summary, you can't be fooled by Wikipedia because anyone who takes the time to put extensive research on their website would not be trolling, and if people found out Wikipedia's information was fake they wouldn't come back, meaning Wikipedia would stop making money, and the guys over there are too smart to corrupt a profitable site like Wikipedia.
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