Editorial

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          An editorial are things like newspapers that express people's opinions. I don't believe Wikipedia is a good source because even though people might be checking the information it that people can still post whatever they want. I would never trust Wikipedia to do things like research papers or essays. I always asked some of my teachers if I can use Wikipedia and they always said no. When I have to do the big research paper that comes every year, I ask my History and English teachers and they say it isn't a reliable source.
          I always want to find the research fast and Wikipedia is always one of the first results that pop up. I always end up clicking on the site but, never use any of the information because I'm afraid that it might be wrong. Research papers are already time consuming so I don't want to have to spend more time checking to see if the information I got off Wikipedia is correct. Its a waste of time doing that and with the busy life I have I'm better off not using it. The only way I would ever use it is looking up unimportant things like facts about One Direction or another band ( even though to some people One Direction is very important, I'm not knocking your choice of music. I happen to love them anyways).
        After reading this article, my thoughts haven't changed about Wikipedia. I still feel that people should not use it when doing papers or for anything that has to do with school. My teachers don't let me use Wikipedia nor do I really want to use it. I just don't want to have recheck all of the information from other websites when I can go to one website and get all the right information the first time. I would use Wikipedia if only certain people who actually knew what they were talking about were ones who were allowed to post.