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Wikipedia is probably the worst place to get information.
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Not at all. If you're looking for entry level information on a subject, it's a great place to go. Certainly good enough of a source for a message board topic.
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It can be written by anyone with a computer, Most colleges and universities prohibit students from using it as a source because it is full of mistakes, and subject to change from day to day.
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That may have been true in the past, but things are changing.
http://www.usnews.com/education/best...ege-classrooms
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I could go into Hendrix's bio and claim I am his brother.
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And it will be removed within minutes.
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Someone else might remove it, but it is subject to all kinds of inaccurate material.
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Ah, now we're hedging our bets here are we?
You're attacking the source, not the argument. That is an ad hominem logical fallacy and a way of changing the subject without actually ever addressing the claim. Weak sauce, man. Weak sauce.