I don’t use Wikipedia, have blocked its URL on our networks, and have told everyone working for me that they will be fired if they ever use it for work, internally or with our clients.
May I ask why?
Can I ask what your company does, in general?
That’s stupid. It’s very useful for certain types of information.
Uhh ... Sounds a little — well, a lot — reactionary on your part. Wikipedia can be extremely helpful and entertaining, and it isn’t difficult to confirm something that might be questionable. Vacation time, maybe? :)
Come on. If you are watching a show (fiction or news) and someone comes on whom you want to know about, the basic stuff is on Wikipedia. I wouldn’t look up political entries, but I might look up to find out who Mr. So and so is, or which movies actress X was in. There are a lot of neutral things that Wikipedia helps with.
Also, after a famous person dies, you can look ASAP to see if you can catch their death unreported yet. Which you can’t.
I use Wikipedia extensively for professional purposes. If a new virus pops up that I need to know about, the CDC and the WHO are decent sources, but Wikipedia is more likely to have the information I need, right at hand: the kind of virus it is, how it replicates, how it spreads, whether there is a vaccine for it or a vaccine is being developed, etc. Plus, Wikipedia has references: invaluable if I am preparing a manuscript. True, I could find every bit of information without Wikipedia—but why waste the hours when Wikipedia’s contributors have already done the legwork?
The only areas where Wikipedia really shows a bias are in politics or sociology. If you recognize the bias in those areas, you often can still get good information.
With that said, it is a tool, and has to be used properly and in full context. You don't use a screwdriver to pound nails!