Wikipedia

I have so much to write about, but not getting around to it. I'm sick of these Quebec elections. I was going to write about the Débat des chefs 2014, but never finished watching it. I was going to write about those Montreal university students who weren't allowed to register to vote, but I wasn't sure if I could make a completely biased post, because then it would be a news article instead of a rant. So here are the links. Enjoy.
http://zonevideo.telequebec.tv/media/11482/debat-des-chefs-2014/debat-des-chefs-2014
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-votes-2014/parti-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois-blasted-for-spreading-false-claims-of-vote-fraud-1.2584049

 Now, I'm going to write about something different. I get a bit annoyed when people say that Wikipedia isn't trustworthy. I am a great believer in Wikipedia. Here's a short time capsule.

 Before the age of Internet, people thought that the most trusted source was Encyclopedia Britannica. It was an extremely accurate source. But there was one problem:

"E.H. Powell identified a key vulnerability of Britannica, namely, that its sales (and, hence, the company's income) fluctuated strongly over the life-cycle of an edition. After the release of a new edition, sales would generally begin strong, and decline gradually for 10–20 years as the edition began to show its age; finally, sales would drop off precipitously with the announcement that work had begun on a new edition, since few people would buy an obsolete encyclopedia that would soon be updated. These strong fluctuations in sales led to economic hardship for the Britannica."
-Wikipedia

 Of course, the online version no longer has that trouble, but there are still a limited number of people who can edit the pages. Wikipedia has millions, possibly billions of people at it's disposal to constantly update information. And, if someone does write nonsense, it will most probably get corrected as soon as somebody spots it.

But aren't government sources more credible? Well let me ask you something. Who writes those articles on the government websites? Probably some secretary, and a few people will edit it, make it look like their government is the best one in the world, post it, and occasionally update it. Now let me ask you something else. Would you trust those few people, or millions of people? Now I'm not saying that government websites are bad. I'm just saying that I'd rather trust Wikipedia, no matter what people say.

All right, I'm done. Have a nice day, and double-check your sources!