BY claims that wikipedia is "objective". While that's very debatable, the lack of objectivity among its supporters is not. My position on this has always been the same - not anti-wikipedia, just anti wikiolatry. Sadly, it seems that to use the one, one must practice the other. Large chunks of Wikipedia are utter crap, but saying so brings down the wrath of the faithful. It also brings out the defensive "look what else is out there" type of responses. If any other resource was being so uncritically accepted as the repository of absolute truth, there would be an outcry, but Wikipedia appears to be off-limits apparently.
As a final contribution to this amusing little stirring of the waters of wiki-passion, I offer a comparison of Wikipedia and Linux
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/27/wikipedia_britannica_and_linux/OP
