I was very disappointed at the stance that the professors and students took in your article on the Wikipedia. They seemed completely oblivious to the good points of the Wikipedia. Among them is the simple fact that it is and will remain for sometime, the largest encyclopedia ever created.

I agree that it is not a good source to cite for a research paper. However, when doing research, it is an invaluable tool. Not only do the articles give a brief overview of a topic, most articles include many off-site links to the web pages where the information in the article came from.

To make the claim the information is not “rigorously reviewed” is absolutely preposterous. The information on the Wikipedia is reviewed far more than any other newspaper, magazine, or book that I know of.

Many articles are read by thousands of users each day. Whenever any of them sees anything that is wrong, all that they have to do to correct it is click “edit” and fix the information. To think that everyone who uses the Wikipedia is only there to create misinformation and errors is an unfounded and overly cynical point of view.

On a side note, your “Did you know…” section referring to Akira Kurosawa, one of my favorite directors, contained multiple errors. Ironically, all of these errors could have been avoided by referencing the Akira Kurosawa article on the Wikipedia. All of its information on his films is correct.