So said Larry Sanger, who founded Wikipedia in 2001.
He said that the site was 'broken beyond repair', and no longer reliable
Wikipedia is among the top ten most visited sites on the Internet, containing more than six million articles contributed only by members of the public.
Anyone can contribute, but it has been criticised for being riddled with inaccuracies and nonsense.
Much of it has been copied verbatim from an original Web article, but often modified in a subtle way to suit the writers beliefs.
Last month it was revealed that a long standing Wikipedia contributor had lied about his identity, having claimed to be a tenured University professor, when in fact he was a 24 year old college drop-out.
Concerned about the websites integrity, Mr Sanger left wikipedia, and two weeks ago launched an online encyclopedia called Citizendium.org, which he said:-
"Every article would be monitored and edited by academics and experts, as well as those vetted and accepted by public contribution.
He told "The Times" 'I am afraid the public do not realise the many problems afflicting Wikipedia, from serious management problems, to an often dysfunctional community, to frequent unreliable content, and to a whole series of scandals.
"While Wikipedia is still quite useful and an amazing phenomenon, I have come to the conclusion that it is also broken beyond repair"
Larry Sanger started Wikipedia to enable anybody to access information which was once the preserve of only those who could afford the subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica, and who could spend the time necessary to navigate its maze of indexes and content pages" He told the National Association of School Teachers and Union of Women teachers (NASUWT) in Belfast.
Addressing the teachers after they were increasingly pointing out inaccuracies, nonsense, and even pornographic pictures, by schoolchildren.
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