Quote Originally Posted by Maurog View Post
Roleplaying your nickname? Wikipedia is an encyclopedia - it is a dispenser of information for people. Ideally, you can ask it about anything at all, and find a brief summary of the subject, an extended summary of some aspects, and some links to various resources that deal with it in much greater detail.
Shame we don't live in an ideal world, really. The democratisation of information represented by Wikipedia just proves that the group with the loudest voice gets their "facts" online, even if those facts are demonstrably false.

Don't get me wrong--if I ever need to find out about Klingon pronunciation or the history of the Star Wars universe Wikipedia would be my first port of call. I wouldn't go there for anything I deemed vital, though.