Wikipedia

Ah, Wikipedia. The most valuable tool a college student could have. With every book, movie, story summarized, it is quick and easy to get a general understanding of the topic at hand. But that's all it may be, just a generalization, because to trust the information on Wikipedia, would be to trust everything you have ever heard.

Wikipedia is an open site for anyone to update facts and information to a certain site. It allows individuals to pose as experts on certain subjects, however this does not always allow for accurate information. As much as everyone wants Wikipedia to be flawless, it is just not the case.

A prime example of this, is in regards to Lady Gaga. When Lady Gage first became big, really big, I checked her out on Wikipedia because she seemed to pop up from no where. I wondered if she had been struggling to make it big for years or if she had just stumbled upon a rich rapper who funded her one hit wonder. To my amazement, she was from New York! But not the real New York City, she was from Yonkers.

I began to follow Lady Gage in the media because she really fascinated me. She would literally wear panties out in the street and call them pants. She would bring tea cups to her live appearances on late night. And she would wear a different wig for each occasion. Not to mention, the rumors of her being gender questionable was very intriguing as well.

What began to bother me, is that every time she was asked where she was from, she would say New York City. Me, being a fan, would yell at the screen saying, Yonkers! Eventually, Lady Gaga appeared saying that the information posted to Wikipedia was false. She was not from Yonkers. Since then, she has repeatedly logged into Wikipedia and attempted to update her own information, but someone keeps changing it back.

Today, if you go to Wikipedia, Lady Gaga's page has been corrected.

Although I always knew Wikipedia was never a reliable source for facts, this occurance lead me father down the path of dissaproval.

The moral of this story is, use Wikipedia for a summary to begin your knowledge and research of the subject, then stray far from the site when you begin looking for information that you will site.