User:Tom-/What is Wikipedia

What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by thousands of people.

Anyone can start a new article or change an existing one.

Thousands of changes are made every hour, all of which are recorded.

Should I trust Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is based on the principle that there are more productive changes than destructive ones.

Most information is accurate, but sometimes false information gets added.

We call this vandalism, and have several measures in place to prevent and counteract it.

Despite this, readers should always verify any information with other sources.