After reading the article about Wikipedia and its Wikipedians, I believe that Wikipedia can be more credible than  most people give it credit for. But there still is the odd chance of the article containing misinformation and a certain bias depending on who the writer is. This is because of their unique system of allowing anyone who signs up to edit or write articles on what ever they please.  Personally I’ve done fine researching on Wikipedia, I’ve found that most of the topics I researched were factually accurate in comparison to other websites.

I think teachers prohibit the use of Wikipedia because anyone is able to write what they believe and how they interpret certain facts making it susceptible to easy bias and lies. But i think its mainly simply the fact that anyone can hop on their computer and start editing or writing their own article. I also think many teachers ban the use of Wikipedia because its simply to easy to get information from. Usually you need three to five references for your citation and with Wikipedia it has all the information you need releasing the need for three to five references. I also think teachers are trying to teach their students to not trust just one site and to do their diligence while researching.

I’m not quite sure if I agree or disagree with the teachers position because I’ve had many good experiences with Wikipedia when researching different topics. But from a professional writing perspective i can understand banning the use of Wikipedia because there is always a chance that an article may have incorrect facts or a bias outlook. So i guess i would agree with the teachers positon