How often do you visit Wikipedia?

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Missmarc

Hi everyone, I woke up today thinking about how I use Wikipedia more and more frequently. In the beginning, I only used it as a source of information for research for papers/reports. Nowadays I pretty much check Wikipedia for anything I am curious about. Last night, I used Wikipedia to check what major brands of chocolate are there. Of course, it doesn't tell me everything I need to know, but it's a very good place to go and get a general picture of things.

This isn't a poll about effectiveness of Wikipedia. I know it's written by people with various backgrounds and education levels, and each article may have inaccurate/biased information. I am simply curious to find out if people are visiting Wikipedia as much as me

So how often do you visit Wikipedia? Thank you for voting!

Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):

More than once a day

Annemarie , SomewhatSomewhere , Spaceman , Scott Ghost , Ciao. , Rod Martini , Aberrant , hiroshiro , dv8 , KyotoAngel , Azule , Interesante

12 (20%)

A few times a week

Taylor , BobbiJay , Highmaintenancegirl916 , Rossie , Miss Madeline , AnotherPrettyFace , kz916 , True Pleasures , namelesschaos , wetone123 , Ice1 , MissCandyland , loveshocks , K101 , ksparkles16 , interestingstuff , kittychilla , Errant Venture , - Kira - , slynch , karay123 , Wild Orchid , padmeamidala , toxie m , kawigrl , ily , Lucky21 , Hadespark , Butterfly Princess

29 (48%)

Once a week

PassionateLover2 , averageguyextrodinarypleasure , Princess-Kayla ♥ , Brandonn , Allstars316

5 (8%)

A few times a month

Jennysweets , Lummox , Gary A. , PeaceToTheMiddleEast , Alan & Michele , A.Mari , GONE! , EnChAnTiNg

8 (13%)

Once a month

A few times a year

acessorie , goodeatz , cburger

3 (5%)

Once a year

Less than once a year

I have never visited Wikipedia

Others, please share!

Tangerine , Jul!a , Wide Awake Daydream

3 (5%)

Total votes: 60

Poll is closed

02/17/2012

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Taylor

Probably not every day. But I use it several times a week for sure. It's definitely very helpful.

02/17/2012

Annemarie

Several times a day, pretty much anytime I want to know general information about something.

02/17/2012

Jennysweets

Quote:

Originally posted by Missmarc

randomly

02/17/2012

Highmaintenancegirl916

a few times a week.

02/17/2012

Tangerine

I dont keep track but when ever I want to know about something that is where I usually end up

02/17/2012

Rossie

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Originally posted by Tangerine

I dont keep track but when ever I want to know about something that is where I usually end up

Me too.

02/17/2012

Miss Madeline

I love getting lost on Wikipedia, checking on one thing that I'm curious about and just clicking on more and more links til I've reached total information saturation for the day.

02/17/2012

SomewhatSomewhere

Daily. I'm always on the place. I just like reading from there. It's a great springboard to find other sources for stuff.

02/17/2012

AnotherPrettyFace

i love the google wiki shortcut!

02/17/2012

Gary A.

Quote:

Originally posted by Missmarc

A few times a month i guess

02/17/2012

True Pleasures

I probably visit a couple times a week to look things up, check out wikis for shows to see episode lists, etc.

02/17/2012

namelesschaos

Probably two or three times a week for various reasons.

02/17/2012

Alan & Michele

I put a few times a month, but I know if we're working on a project then either he or I am on there more.

02/17/2012

MissCandyland

Probably a couple of times a week.

02/18/2012

loveshocks

I put a couple times a week. I can't use it as a reference for research, but it's great for general knowledge type things.

02/18/2012

K101

Quote:

Originally posted by Missmarc

Maybe once a week. I have a Kindle so I usually just click on a word there and that's how I find out about it. I used to visit it online a lot though because any time I see a word I don't know, it irritates me that I DON'T know it. Lol. I really love to learn so that's where that comes from. With my schooling though, it requires some a lot of learning with new words so I do frequently use some sort of dictionary.

02/18/2012

ksparkles16

Not everyday, but I use it frequently during the week. If I'm curious about someone's life I search their name on wiki

02/18/2012

PassionateLover2

While visiting the forum today, I was linked to Wikipedia to help explain something I didn't know. But usually once a week!

02/18/2012

kittychilla

a few times a week.

02/18/2012

Scott Ghost

I use it for some of the dumbest reasons, but I love useless knowledge.

02/18/2012

Errant Venture

Fairly often, actually. Twice today. Like you said, it's not always entirely accurate, but it is the first place I look, if only to use it as a starting point.

02/18/2012

Ciao.

I use it a lot I think it's a lot of fun. I'm generally a knowledge omnivore and there's so much to learn. While I'm sure there are some less trustworthy articles on there it's a great reference source that covers virtually everything.