In general, Wikipedia is a great source for general information. In most cases, the information found there is somewhat accurate. However, wikipedia, like most information stores, is not the "end all be all" of fact.
There was once a time, when the Internet consisted primarily of factual data. This would be before the commercialization of the Internet and the ability of anybody with a computer to post. We've all heard (or jokingly said) "I found it on the Internet so it must be true".
The parasitic nature of online activism has come to fracture the foundations of information stores such as Wikipedia.
- Facts are replaced by opinions
- Inconvenient facts are omitted
- Agendas are being sold as truth
As Wikipedia gained enough popularity for everybody to tuck it into their toolboxes (seems like yesterday there was no google or wikipedia), it also became subject to the tainting that occurs with all good things.
Although it's uncertain if Wikipedia was intended as a harbor of activism and agenda based fact twisting, the current truth is that people are abusing it. Unfortunately, anti-American activism is more likely to be acceptable while pro-American activism is quickly "cleaned up".
In short, people need to understand that impartiality is not a given on Wikipedia. Additionally, pro-American concepts need to be defended when they are removed and added where they are absent.
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