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Why verify?

You shouldn't trust everything you read on the internet, and Wikipedia is no different.

What makes a Wikipedia article trustworthy is information that can be traced back to a collection of reliable sources. Each statement in an article should have a supporting source. Reference links in the text — in-line citations, which look like this[1] — connect you to the reference list at the bottom of the page.

Before you start working on an article, make sure you have a collection of good sources. You should be using the best available, not just the first thing that shows up on Google.