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 :)