Is Wikipedia the most important site on the web?

A great concept, a great resource... i cant think of any other site that can top it...

Yes it most certainty is.

It is the only site that is unbiased and neutral and reports evenly on every topic unlike other news sources.

It is also open source and you are free to distribute text without restrictions.

google

You can better see this. LOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

sure if you are looking for up to the minute "I'm not quite sure if it's accurate" information.

Depends what you mean by "important.". Wikipedia is significant, and, I guess important, because people assume it to be a good reference resource. It is, however, an extremely unreliable one.
An encyclopedia, or similar published reference work,is compiled, written, edited and proofed by academics, journalists and researchers who are recognised as knowledgeable in their subject. Wikipedia is written by anybody who feels like it, and edited by people who don't necessarily know anything about the subject they are editing. It is therefore susceptible to popular misconception, misinformation, apocryphal and anecdotal "facts" hoaxes and editorial ignorance.
Never,ever, regard Wikipedia as a primary or sole source of information.

Ah yeah. I mean it gives me so much informtaion and it has links in the information if gives me. It also gives me information about things before it is known to the masses. It think it's great and I would be lost without it.

what about amazon.com? Oh and to the first guy, google is owned by wikipedia . vise versa

yeah sure wikipedia is a good site but how do you that the info is true

best website is yahoo answers because you can get real answers from real people about real questions

anybody that disagrees is:
>GAY
>STUPID

i disagree with ALFIE b/s you have a gay name

The search engines think its important because the site has lots of fresh content, properly search engine optimised, and a proper linking structure. So it ranks high in the search engines and is more visible to the public while doing searches.

It is a great site for source of information and knowledge. How to compare it to other sites?

Perhaps I guess it is the most accessible and affordable encyclopedia site in the Internet