[Perceval]

> Wikipedia is as good as anything else.

Encyclopedias – including Wikipedia – are not acceptable sources for college-level work certainly. They are tertiary literature, which can provide an overview to someone trying to get a toehold into a subject, and which can hopefully point them toward primary and secondary sources. But tertiary sources are not typically allowable citations for college research.

[shepherdjerred]

Yes, you are right that Wikipedia is inappropriate in academic settings.

But, this thread has discussed the reliability of Wikipedia.