Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal ...

Wikipedia recently started using artificial intelligence software to detect vandalism on the site so it can relax its rules on new contributors and increase the number of editors.

Sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors. But when public relations professionals try to correct them the rules often get in the way, experts say.

Dr. James Heilman says medical students and physicians use Wikipedia entries that may not be completely accurate. So he's part of a global effort to improve the most popular entries.

As Wikipedia celebrates its eighth birthday on Thursday, founder Jimmy Wales says the open system is here to stay.

Wikipedia’s editors recommended that the Anti-Defamation League should not be trusted to give reliable information on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, according to research published today in the Public Relations Society of America's (PRSA) scholarly publication, Public ...

Unlike at social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, the people who respond to reports of harassment are largely unpaid volunteers.

Researchers found errors and inaccurate assertions in 9 out of 10 Wikipedia entries on the costliest medical conditions ...

Up to six in ten articles on Wikipedia contain inaccuracies, according to new research. The number of factual errors shows just how unreliable it can be to use the online resource as a sole means ...