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There was a time when wikipedia was hailed as a sort of quack information source, claiming to provide credible information that is provided by users whom nobody can guarrantee that the information that was provided was accurate or totally false but the advent of the social web changed all that with more and more academics turning having a change of heart with the common good application. Today, wikipedia has been hailed as a tool for all end even educators have been endorsing the use of such media for research and other purposes due to the main fact that the credibility of the media contained within the pages have become so diverse and expansive it is hard to not take notice. The day of the social web has people helping other people the best they can and what better way to encourage change than to share information to those who need it most. True that some information on the pages of Wikipedia may be false but that is slowly changing into one of the most accurate and best of all free sources of information on just about anything on the internet. The age of free information is again within grasp of common man and out of the control of big businesses, more power people. Knowledge is power and power is knowledge!