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Reasons to be cautious using Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is a large source of information and attempts to remain as accurate at possible however anyone can edit pages posted on Wikipedia. For this reason caution should be used before citing a page from Wikipedia for an academic paper.

Featured content
While many of the pages on Wikipedia are open sources and able to be edited at will, featured content has gone through rigorous peer review vetting. Information on these pages can be largely considered to be accurate.

Reference
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