Over the past few months, there have been reports alerting the public that Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia which allows its users to edit its content, has seen an influx of entries with potentially false and misleading information. With little surprise, the biggest targets are political candidates.

Specifically, the staff members of political campaigns are changing entries for their opponents. Although the problem has been thoroughly addressed to the creators of Wikipedia, who harness the intuitive Wiki technology to power its site, this issue remains ongoing.

Some of these changes are minor and downright "silly," but others are negative to the point of maliciousness. Reportedly, Wikipedia has roughly 1,000 volunteers checking the site daily for accuracy, or its lack thereof.

So the issue begs a question: is this a tool the public can trust enough for the most part, or is it too dangerous to place faith in a technology that has proven incapable of providing absolute truth?

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