My Professor said that Wikipedia is not a credible source, so then and there I vowed to never use it.
Still being in my anti-Wikipedia phase, two of my good guy friends used it in my presence, so of course I told them how unreliable it is, instantly they jumped down my throat claiming that it has less errors than the encyclopedia.
Their intensity made me quickly retreat. Are there really less errors? So being the curious and nosey journalism student that I am, I researched it. I found that Wikipedia has 162 errors and the Britannica has 123 errors, according to CNET News.
From that day forward I was a changed woman the measly 39 error difference was not enough to keep me away. I was no longer a running back carrying the ball my professor passed me about the lack of credibility. I suddenly became the nose guard on the Defensive line of Wikipedia, if anyone wanted to get through and say that Wikipedia wasn’t credible they have to go through me, with the exception of my professors.
Allowing someone to filter information that I so readily defend is giving them a small piece of my freedom. I was raised to think for myself, and I refuse to let someone tell me what I can read or know for the rest of my life. If that were the case I would be better off sitting at home on my comfy couch watching television all day, and obtain the useless information there rather than letting my parents dump money into a place where the ability to gain knowledge is going to be sifted through.
kchulick