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Wikipedia has a rating of 2.4 stars from 173 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Wikipedia ranks 6th among Open Source sites.

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Top Positive Review

“I'm greatful this site exists.”

Kent W.
3/27/23

I love Wikipedia. It is great if you want easy access to information without having to search too deep on the web. I'd say more than 90% of the time, the articles are accurate and true. It's a shame we can't use this site in schools even though there are moderators whose job it is to validate the accuracy of the articles. There's even references where you can see where the writer got their information. I don't know what I would do without Wikipedia, and I am very grateful they are providing their almost unlimited arsenal of knowledge for free. I've donated to this site before and will do it again.

Date of experience: 3/27/23
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Top Critical Review

“Biased information dump.”

J R.
9/5/24

It is a biased information dump. It does not allow facts to be posted only what is convenient. Recommend not donating to it. Recommend not spending your time on it.

Date of experience: 9/5/24
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Thumbnail of user bewarew
Virginia
4 reviews
13 helpful votes
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June 8th, 2011

An excellent website which has no competition with other websites providing information online. Whenever I want to have information about any topic I access wikipedia and it always returned valuable and to the point information.

Date of experience: June 8, 2011

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New York
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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May 21st, 2011

Whats not to love about Wikipedia.org? A online encyclopedia to refer to almost anything and everything possible. At many times searching is a breeze and obtaining available info in a jiffy is great.

Site is always well maintained and supported. Reading along and finding out new and exciting things is also a great place for this site. Always reliable and contains in many cases lots of facts.

Reviews on some articles or publications are made to insure that publicist are actually posting facts. Which bring me to the conclusion most info on the site is accurate.

Date of experience: May 21, 2011

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Kansas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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October 3rd, 2014

While controversial I feel that Wikipedia is an interesting and important tool to internet users. It provides the opportunity for people to collaborate with complete strangers to further the availability of knowledge to people. The fact that it is easy to use makes it a common site for students especially and though most instructors would discourage its use, if not the use of the actual page one can use the source lists that are available on the page to find published sources that are credible in most instances. The best way to change the perception of this tool would be to educate its users on the better ways to use the tool to their ends, especially at a student level while continuing to allow the freedom it allows for most to edit and help to endow others with knowledge.

Date of experience: October 3, 2014

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California
97 reviews
171 helpful votes
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January 16th, 2017

Be careful of the information that you learn on this website, many articles contain contradictions and factual inaccuracies in them. The website is open to whomever wants to edit and write articles, therefore exercise critical thinking skills and take facts learned from the articles on this website with a grain of salt. Recommended with reservations and advice.

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Date of experience: January 16, 2017

Thumbnail of user barbaras28
Tennessee
7 reviews
19 helpful votes
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May 30th, 2012

I think Wikipedia is a fun site and gives you a good broad overview of things. However, the content often has errors and it is not a fully reliable source for information. I will put it this way, my daughter tried to use it was a source for a research paper and the teacher gave the entire class a lesson about finding more valid sources. That is not intended as a putdown to Wikipedia. It is good, general knowledge but if you are seriously researching something you need to dig deeper.

Date of experience: May 30, 2012

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Illinois
8 reviews
9 helpful votes
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August 2nd, 2012

Wikipedia. It's a site where a person can learn about many topics. The main concern is that since anyone can edit or post pages on Wikipedia, the site can contain inaccurate information (which is why teachers strongly discourage using Wikipedia as a reference on essays and research papers).

Date of experience: August 2, 2012

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Georgia
7 reviews
11 helpful votes
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November 5th, 2014

Wikipedia is great as it has info on a lot of things, especially for school reports/essays/ETC. I wish schools/colleges could let us use Wikipedia for our reports as it easily helps out a lot and has a lot of their info backed up with sources to weed out fakers or trolls with false information.

Date of experience: November 5, 2014

Thumbnail of user jonathanm515
GB
16 reviews
116 helpful votes
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October 13th, 2020

Wikipedia has just about everything such as information about my favourite music artists and a timeline that keeps you updated about Covid-19. Who needs to watch the news when it's all in 1 simple place?

Date of experience: October 12, 2020

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Indiana
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
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February 19th, 2010

While not being a replacement for traditional encyclopedias, Wikipedia.com is a great place for people to be able to look up information on a variety of topics and to gain the general understanding if different topics. They provide access to different references where more information can be obtained, fun facts, and useful information for students and scholars alike.

Their website has already paved the way for new forms of internet technology that allow for users to edit the content of a website and collaborate to come up with the correct information. Wikipedia is edited by the people for the people and is an example of a democratic website that is working.

Date of experience: February 19, 2010

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New York
9 reviews
47 helpful votes
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July 30th, 2013

Wikipedia is great. Only one problem. They keep asking for donations and from what I read, they make TOO MUCH money for being a non profit company.

Money is money though and I'm not surprised but the service they offer to the world has helped millions so I'm not going to rate them poorly even though they are greedy.

Date of experience: July 30, 2013

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Florida
6 reviews
10 helpful votes
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February 5th, 2011

One of the best and most well written sites on the internet. Anyone can add an article, or change an existing one. Amazingly, virtually all articles are very well written and informative. Very useful for general knowledge about almost anything you can think of.

Date of experience: February 5, 2011

Thumbnail of user kelseym1
Massachusetts
28 reviews
80 helpful votes
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November 18th, 2011

Anytime you want to get a decent overview on a topic, this is a good site. They have information on just about everything! Warning to college students though, this is NOT an acceptable source to be sited for information on papers.:-)

Date of experience: November 18, 2011

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California
10 reviews
18 helpful votes
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August 8th, 2013

Awesome site. But... the editors are sometimes a bit like "Hitlers" to new comers. I think it would be better if the editors were supervised and treated new users with respect for the contributions they make to help improve the site.

Date of experience: August 8, 2013

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Algeria
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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June 26th, 2019

If you accept, you must treat the materials you receive as confidential documents. This means you can't share them with anyone without prior authorization from the editor. Since peer review is confidential, you also must not share information about the review with anyone without permission from the editors and authors

Date of experience: June 25, 2019

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Virginia
40 reviews
163 helpful votes
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November 5th, 2009

I trust this site. Dispite popular believe, WIkipedia is reliable. If anything false is put up there, depending on how popular it is, it will be removed or classified as "Sorce Needed". All in all they are truthful.

Date of experience: November 5, 2009

Thumbnail of user joshb808
Ohio
1 review
7 helpful votes
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May 12th, 2022

They block you as soon as you write anything that doesnt fit thier agenda. I wrote about a business and even though theres 3000 other businesses on there. They claim I wrote about my own. Theres no point in writing stuff the fake checkers will just block you feom thier moms basement

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Date of experience: May 12, 2022

Thumbnail of user bellam
Arkansas
11 reviews
47 helpful votes
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October 20th, 2010

I use this site everyday. It provides reliable information on every topic. It is always up to date and accurate. I wish that I had the internet and a website like this when I was a kid. This site is very easy to navigate. I have it bookmarked on my favorite list!

Date of experience: October 20, 2010

Thumbnail of user jonj121
North Carolina
1 review
16 helpful votes
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December 27th, 2019

It contains lot of factually/technically incompetent, biased and erroneous information. On technical subjects it's usually incomplete of just plain wrong. On non-technical subjects it's so socially and politically biased that it's almost humorous, if it weren't so sad. I call it the world's greatest source of uninformed, incorrect and biased information.

Date of experience: December 27, 2019

Thumbnail of user tomm
Delaware
6 reviews
48 helpful votes
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May 1st, 2009

There is a reason my Composition professor banned us from using Wikipedia for our papers; anybody can add/edit information to the pages without registering or without citing sources

An example would be when Comedian Artie Lange was reported to have died on his Wikipedia page. He is alive and well.

Date of experience: May 1, 2009

Thumbnail of user steveb913
New York
14 reviews
30 helpful votes
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February 4th, 2024

I added a page of a low power TV station. It was flagged for potential deletion (ultimately, it was deleted) and discussion because the station 1) wasn't that old, and 2) wasn't relevant for merely being a pass-through for minor subchannel networks. I could cite many other stations that fit that same description, but they weren't flagged for deletion. Besides, it still exists and therefore merits a page.

Then, they want you to donate money to them.

I sent a email and cited this incident as one reason I don't donate money and why I'm hesitant to add information and make Wikipedia better place. I was met with gaslighting saying I need be constructive in my response. Why should I do that when they already made up their minds to delete the contribution for reasons that don't make any sense?

Other edits are often undone by other aggressive contributors that have nothing better to do but start an editing war because they think they know everything. Yet, it's always your fault, not theirs.

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Date of experience: February 4, 2024

Thumbnail of user kennethf230
Georgia
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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October 19th, 2021

When I started to write about myself on Oct 16th and it was under draft until Liz sent me a message saying to remove the promotional material part so I did and then Athaenara all of a sudden deleted without explanation! So I had to start all over again and received a message from Nearlyevil665 saying it was not accepted. This doesn't make sense because I am an actor and everyone out there deserves to know about me, life. History and how I became successful in acting.

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Date of experience: October 19, 2021

Thumbnail of user nick.maync
Japan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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August 2nd, 2023

I take exception to Wikipedia's definition of " Intelligent design (ID) [as] a religious argument for the existence of God, presented by its proponents as 'an evidence-based scientific theory about life's origins'[1][2] though it has been found to be pseudoscience.[3][4][5]."
This is an obvious lie concocted, not by scientists, but by internet trolls of the lowest common denominator. ID does not concern itself with God at all, it simply says that, instead of Darwinian random processes responsible for lie, it is a design process that gives rise to massive complexity and functional interdependence at the level of cell development. Origin of life theories have never been able to demonstrate a naturalistic route from pre-biotic chemistry to life. In that sense, ID continues to make more sense than alternative theories. References to God are personal and in no way necessary to formulate the design argument.
It amazes me that Wikipedia, despite its lofty claims, is no better than any other social media platform given to the spreading of dis and misinformation, and outright lies. I will never again make a financial contribution to Wiki for that very reason.

Date of experience: August 2, 2023

Thumbnail of user ambikas
India
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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March 19th, 2018

This Website has many mistakes in research and Isn't good because many users have trust in you and as a result, most of Wikipedia information contains false and misleading information you must correct this!

Date of experience: March 19, 2018

Thumbnail of user elliec1
Florida
9 reviews
42 helpful votes
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April 9th, 2012

Wikipedia is a nice website with all the information and knowledge about different stuff. I browse it mostly for geographical contents like countries, places, and cultures.

Date of experience: April 9, 2012

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Ron S.
North Carolina
15 reviews
58 helpful votes
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December 5th, 2019

They claim it's the encyclopedia anyone can edit, but Wikipedia does have a policy of banning users based solely on sexual orientation. Wikipedia has also removed my edits when I've tried to add useful links or correct the disinformation that dominates some pages, and Wikipedia banned my IP address when I complained. In my experience, Wikipedia is run by arrogant, immature jerks using silly pseudonyms while pretending they're heroes for poorly running a website full of biased articles while claiming to be neutral. Information on Wikipedia is not a reliable - that's according to Wikipedia, not just me. And it seems that Wikipedia is begging for money every other month. The begging messages are becoming more and more obtrusive. I won't donate, and I feel that Wikipedia is in decline because they drive away editors and there are good alternatives now. I've noticed an increasing number of articles with obsolete information on Wikipedia. What's truly sad is that many kids and some adults might actually believe that the completely biased articles on Wikipedia are neutral and factual. You could end up regretting ever supporting Wikipedia just like I do. Some people don't know that Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales got his start by peddling pornography, which doesn't offend me but seems hypocritical when he only supports freedom for some. Jimmy Wales has also made fun of college students who cite Wikipedia. It had potential, but I've long ago given up on the idea of it being anything other than a den of disinformation ruled by power-hungry snowflakes.

Date of experience: December 5, 2019

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