That's actually a good example of the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia. A pretty terrible opening paragraph, and a jumble of snippets of poorly-integrated

That's actually a good example of the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia. A pretty terrible opening paragraph, and a jumble of snippets of poorly-integrated information - but organised into sections covering a series of issues, and a lots of links and references that give a very good overview. Compared to a Google search (sans Wikipedia), or britannica.com it's brilliant.