“The study did reveal inaccuracies in eight of the nine entries and exposed major flaws in at least two of the nine Wikipedia articles. Overall, Wikipedia’s accuracy rate was 80 percent compared with 95-96 percent accuracy within the other sources.”

The online encyclopedia does not consider itself to be a reliable source and discourages readers from using it in academic or research settings. Researchers, teachers, journalists, and public officials do not regard Wikipedia as a reliable source.

Some people dislike Wikipedia as a source of information, as they feel that the information in many pages (in number of pages, not as a percentage of the total pages hosted) is either garbage (confession – lots of such pages in my profession belong to this category), poorly researched, heresy, or one sided.

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said Thursday that the free online encyclopedia is in good financial shape, although increasing mobile phone use may cut into future donations. “We are doing very well financially,” Wales told AFP ahead of Vivatech, a Paris tech fair for start-up companies.

The fundraising campaign run by Wikimedia Foundation is reportedly legitimate, however, we are not sure about the ‘call-to-action used by the organisation that refers to defending its “Independence”.

In the past, Wikipedia has asked donation from its readers to keep the non-profit organization running. In 2015 blog, WMF had clarified that the donation helps the organization to pay salaries of all editors and staff. The fund also helps to keep Wikipedia and its sister sites secure, fast and easily accessible.

Wikipedia:Fundraising statistics

Readers come to us for encyclopedic information, not for ads. Ads have to be processed by the brain (if only subconsciously) and therefore distract and annoy. “The free encyclopedia” also means: free from distractions and annoyances. Also, Wikipedia’s limited color palette will be demoted by the ‘gaudy’ ads.

Anyone can – it’s open to all and can be modified and edited by anyone. However, Wikipedia’s administrators protect some pages from direct editing if they believe they are regularly subjected to “vandalism” – the addition of abusive language or falsehoods.

Paid editing refers broadly to anyone who receives or expects to receive compensation for their contributions to the encyclopedia. Wikipedia. These editors are not paid by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. They are understood to be contributing on behalf of a third party such as an employer or client.

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