Wikipedia is known all over the world. The website has been set up by Jimmy Wales. Its main goal is to provide free information to people over the world. The only thing needed is internet of course.
“Wikipedia does not give the truth. It gives objective information about a subject.” This is said by Jimmy Wales. The information is provided by volunteers and can be changed by others. The information is being controlled regurlarly on its reliability, so no subjective information can be found on the website. This makes the data fairly correct.
Although the information is being checked, there are still people who doubt the reliability of Wikipedia. This is because the website is controlled by volunteers, no experts. The articles can be changed by others, which gives less security. The danger of using Wikipedia is that also false information is leaked on the internet.
A big advantage of Wikipedia is that people have free excess to knowledge. Lots of data is hidden by important institutions such as the government. It gives people more freedom to be given information. The danger of this is that also secret data of a country can be made public, which might have negative consequences for its population.
Personally I think that there are more advantages than disadvantages. The amount of information provided is gigantic. Besides, using the internet makes it a lot easier and faster to find answers. This is because books are not necessary anymore. Instead of flipping through the pages, the computer does the searching for you. This saves a lot of time and effort. Even though Wikipedia is not always thrustworthy, it has many advantages and worth using.
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