Wikipedia warning

We all know by now that Wikipedia has credibility problems, because anybody can write anything — and that anything stands until it’s corrected, or falsified, or otherwise manipulated.  I tend to cite to Wikipedia if I feel that it’s a neat précis of something I already know to be true, but I always rely on my own knowledge to confirm (which is probably a fairly weak reed on which to rely).  Max Boot now warns again about just how wrong Wikipedia can be, focusing on a Wikipedia story that accuses the US, falsely, of murdering millions of Filipinos at the turn of the last century.

You should feel free to use Wikipedia, but definitely take most everything it says with a grain of salt, until you’ve had a chance to establish its accuracy to your own satisfaction.