Quote with care

As we all know, the Wikipedia is the ultimate truth.

However, under the assumed definition, this truth is in no way constant or static. Since our knowledge about the world is constantly changing, so do Wikipedia articles, which is an important concept to understand, especially if you are about to quote one.

Wikipedia is an amazing phenomenon. It is collaborative, meaning no single author can be held responsible, and volatile, meaning that at any given moment each of the articles can be in an bad state, for a variety of reasons. This means that quoting Wikipedia articles is different from quoting regular encyclopedias and other printed work. Which is why it is important to always include exact version of the article, including time and date of the quote and described, ahm, here.

Truth changes fast, get used to it :)

Wikipedia is the ultimate truth

The term "truth" has no single definition and lies as a cornerstone of many philosophical discussions. One would agree, however, that a commonly recognized statement is as close to truth as the number of people that recognize it, for all practical purposes within a given cultural context. This means, that the more people agree on a certain issue the closer to "truth" it becomes, at least in a simplistic meaning we commonly assign to it on a day to day basis.

The above is exactly the definition of Wikipedia, which has the power of accumulation of everyone's knowledge, constantly updated and corrected to reflect the most current reality. Taken at the limit, the Wikipedia represents the ultimate truth as we know it.