On the contrary, Wikipedia is a wonderful multilingual resource. English is one of my mother tongues but I regularly read Wikipedia in half a dozen other langu

On the contrary, Wikipedia is a wonderful multilingual resource. English is one of my mother tongues but I regularly read Wikipedia in half a dozen other languages to improve my knowledge of them. Being able to cross-reference what you're reading to the English version of the text, even though it's not a literal translation, gives valuable context as well as perspective on how a topic is viewed by different language groups. It's also often more useful than a dictionary for finding the name of a flower or fish in another language. Or even some topics that you wouldn't find in a dictionary at all.