hm its all a bit ambigous i did notice the veracity not implied right at the bottom and like they said in the video you can say alot about water sounding bad but that is not lying either

My personal experience with Wikipedia it that it's sort of a "'tweener" ... it lies somewhere between a Webster's and an encyclopedia, though, in both cases, more up to date ... some articles are brief and concise, leading you in the direction of more comprehensive information while others are more in-depth and informative in their own right. You can glean as much or as little as you may have need for ... a brief definition, if you will, or more complete information. But both types will take you a step beyond to other sources ... which is the norm for any proper research anyway: not relying on any one source of information ...

And as has been pointed out by others, any misleading or outright totally misinformative postings are generally corrected immediately by either members of Wikipedia "staff" or by other members of the community at large ...

Considering the concept of and community maintenance of Wikipedia, it is a wondrous thing that all of us, regardless of social status or level of education, can use to further our knowledge and understanding of just about any subject we should choose ...

As to the dihydrogen monoxide thing ... well, it's all water under the bridge ... 'nuff said about it ...

I think that Wikipedia is an excellent resource for lore and mythology, but may not be as accurate or understandable as a published encyclopedia, specializing in science, for some time.

It's spurned by professors at my college but the fact is it's no different than Encyclopedia Brittanica. Many people who contribute to Wikipedia are equally qualified to be on the editors board for Ency. Brit. Regardless, it is just one source a person could use. The strength of Wikipedia lies in references to prove the claims of a given subject. So academically it could serve as a link to more acceptable sources. Especially since Google has become useless now that its so ad focused.