User blog comment:Paul.rea/We're Cracking Down on False Information/@comment-5353320-20120815010751/@comment-4091815-20120815013234

Yes. The reason they say that is because people post so much crap to Wikipedia that doesn't get caught by the editors. That makes it's information less than 100% reliable and if you are doing research you can't cite sources that are less than 100%.

That being said, you don't just give up trying to keep the information as accurate as possible. You don't just say "well all the other wikis are shit we can let ours be shit too".

No. You try to maintain some semblance of control and give people a product they can trust.