Wikipedia
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[edit] Is it credible / accurate?
Wikipedia is the Greatest Site on the Internet (http://www.pjhyett.com/posts/196-wikipedia-is-the-greatest-site-on-the-internet) (2006-03-08).
Some may question the credibility of it, including my International Relations professor, due to the nature of its open editing. Yet, are not all textbooks biased in some fashion or another? Ultimately, we have the power of the masses to keep the articles on Wikipedia honest. In fact, it’s been proven that it has some of the most accurate articles of any encyclopedia.
I absolutely love the fact that on disputed topics I can see the arguments between each side unfold [on] the site. That would appear to be the most democratic solution instead of having to make a final decision in order to get the book to the presses.
[edit] Download it for offline use
http://download.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html
Compressed 100 times, the full data (with complete revision history) is 17 GB!
