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[Timothy]

One example;"A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move..."

[Attakullakulla]

Wikipedia consists of the people's knowledge. Meaning, that it is maintained by whoever wants to maintain it, even you.Most texts are very accurate, because mistakes are quickly corrected by other users. This of course does lead to inaccuracies every now and then(authors changing their own biography for instance), but as a whole, it is quite reliable. Of course it is always a good habit to question any information you look up there(or at any other source)As to the quote you give, is an exact copy of a newsmessage, and a way people and companies might try to influence the information on it. The reason this particular case hit the news is because it is still pretty rare, and because it is Microsoft. There is definitely no need to question Wikipedia as a whole. I use it a lot, and found it to be 99% accurate or more.