Wikipedia founder advises to

Jimmy Wales reminded students not to consult and cite information on the online encyclopedia he created. Wales received an average of 10 e-mails per week complaining that because of Wikipedia they must receive poor grades.

" Many students complain that they are underestimated by teachers only because of the use of data posted on Wikipedia and after verification, that information is not correct at all ," Wales said. But he did not show sympathy for those people, thinking that students must be cautious when referring to dictionary systems that allow free editing like Wikipedia.

Interestingly, many Wikipedia supporters see these issues as an opportunity to promote and mobilize people to contribute more to the site. Last year, criticisms of this website's inaccuracies immediately incurred a counter-attack that the new reference was scary when it was impossible to correct the error itself.

Concerning misinformation on Wikipedia that the famous journalist John Seigenthaler (USA) was involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a supporter named Lore Sjoberg argued: " Seigenthaler should have The task of managing all the information about himself on the site, but he did not make any changes, so it was like Seigenthaler claimed to have killed Kennedy. Wikipedia allows anyone to update and edit, so false information is not the fault of Wikipedia itself . "