Because of the controversy over the accuracy of information on Wikipedia, I generally avoid using it for my own references.  Nor am I impressed with the site's decision to place more trust in "experienced" editors, given my personal experience with experts and their compulsion to exclude alternative ideas.

Now I discover that another site I have liked a lot until now may be less than reliable as well.

The Urban Dictionary, a user-written dictionary, has been a fun place to find definitions for modern and odd words, like snark, emo and grok.

It's not easy to shock me, but I cannot think of a better word for my reaction to the dominant definition of the word "parse".  I wanted to use the word for an OS post, but now I have to write this post first instead.

UD tells me how I can join the site as an editor and recommend the removal of an entry, but why should I have to do that?  I have enough on my hands already trying to improve the world without having to find my virtual wooden ruler to rap naughty hands on keyboards.