Wikipedia, THE MOTHER OF INFORMATION ON THE WEB!!, well...to me anyway. I know it's not good, and we're constantly advised not to, but I am one of those terrible sinners that take information straaaiiight off wikipedia( I don't mean "copy and paste" but I don't cross check that the information is completely factual and is all correct).
But probably the most interesting and useful thing I have found out about is the fact that you are able to trace changes and modifications in articles back to the precise location of the computer where it was edited (generalising that all edits are done on a desktop computer).
This tool also allows any user to view the history of the page's edits which can be useful in checking the reliability of the source, e.g. if the article was vandalised moments before you were viewing the article, or if months ago, the latter being the more reliable and therefore useful.
By memorising the IP address of every computer to edit an article or page on wikipedia, you are able to cut down vandalism dramatically by blocking certain computers form editing on wikipedia at all.
Very few people will bother going to another computer just to vandalise an article as many people just do it for fun or fr a joke and is usually a one off thing.
I just saw this a few days ago and had to include it.
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