To all you students out there, I've just finished what I think is a pretty informative article about using Wikipedia as a referencing tool. Obviously most universities and colleges don't allow you to, but my article explains how you can. http://digg.com/educational/Getting_the_most_out_of_Wikipedia_for_essay_writing
hmmm.....your advice seems to be don't use wikipedia, but see if there are links to proper academic sources, which is fair enough. Trying to use wikipedia as a resource in itself would be the equivalent of asking a bloke at the bar, to paraphrase someone else.