Wikipedia

I have been getting back into the academic swing of things this past week, all my favorite websites are being used again: dict.cc, leo.com, dictionary.com etc.  All of my classes have finally started and there is a common theme between them all, and it is more than that they are all in German.  

The common thread connecting all of my classes is that the only online source that the teachers are ok with you using for papers, reasearch and such is wikipedia.de.  In my classes where I will have to write papers we have been told to avoid using the internet because you don't know how reputible the sources can be, except for wikipedia, that is ok.  Do they not realize that ordinary people can write and edit the articles posted?

I guess the first thing on my to-do list for tonight is to add a new bookmark to my computer.