Please understand that people come here because they want an informed response from someone capable of engaging with the sources, and providing follow up information. Wikipedia is a great tool, but merely repeating information found there doesn't provide the type of answers we seek to encourage here. As such, we don't allow a link or quote to make up the entirety or majority of a response. If someone wishes to simply get the Wikipedia answer, they are welcome to look into it for themselves, but posting here is a presumption that they either don't want to get the answer that way, or have already done so and found it lacking.

In the future, please take the time to better familiarize yourself with the rules, and take these key points into account before crafting an answer:

  • Do I have the expertise needed to answer this question?
  • Have I done research on this question?
  • Can I cite my sources?
  • Can I answer follow-up questions?


Thank you!