From: Tristan_White@rocketmail.com 
  
 JohnM  wrote in 
 news:T2nwoOA$HrOFFwOv@scroll.demon.co.uk: 
  
  
 > Point is, how can I be certain that what I read in Wiki is correct? I 
 > can't. 
 > 
  
  
  
 Simple. There are enough people out there who, when they spot a mistake, 
 correct the Wiki. 
  
 There isn't too much intentional misinformation. Occasionally pages do get 
 "vandalised", particularly pages that are sensitive and people have wildly 
 opposing views... eg pages on the Arab-Israeli conflict, or on scientology. 
  
 But ordinary pages about non-controversial subjects, people will correct it 
 if they see a mistake. It's quite rare that someone will then change it 
 again to an incorrect version. 
  
 When there is a lot of dispute and changing and unchanging, then a 
 "discussion" tab gets opened. Here's the one for Scientology 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scientology 
  
 Sometimes the discussion gets more complex than the topic. See this one on 
 Menage a Trois 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:M%C3%A9nage_%C3%A0_trois 
  
 My point is that wikipedia self-corrects itself thanks to netizens like you 
 and me. So unless it's a brand new page, you can be fairly sure that most 
 of what is on Wikipedia is correct. 
  
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