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Try Veropedia for verified articles. Also try Citizendium which is a fork of Wikipedia set up by ex-Wikipedian Larry Sanger and it protects its approved articles.

On Wikipedia itself, the German version is trialing a "watched" article system, which approves good article versions.

"Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"

Close-minded, short-sighted people like you are obstacles on the way to total human awareness and knowledge. That really sticks in my craw.

The Wikipedia is an example of the evolution of knowledge availability. Sure, some crap might get in there, but it will "evolve" over time to be correct. Also, as knowledge is spread, people will become smarter, and less prone to being jackasses when it comes to falsely editing articles. It may not happen in our lifetimes, but it will happen.

Also, I suggest you check out the Veropedia.

I checked the Vivien Leigh article and was surprised to see several images taken from films that appear to be fair use:

http://veropedia.com/a/Vivien%20Leigh

But it turns out that they are relying on the claim that screen shots from movie trailers are public domain, instead of fair use. I'm not sure, however, how reliable that claim is. In fact, it's been discussed on Wikipedia several times -- including:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion/2007_May_15#Image:Postman_24.jpg

"With Veropedia, one must first wait until the article is completed, then wait until it's transferred."

It looks pretty well integrated with Wikipedia's content. If Veropedia does not have an article, the links go to the Wikipedia article. Veropedia's featured article Majungasaurus has blue links to articles that are only on wikipedia (genus, abelisaurid, theropod) and green links to articles that have been checked and brought over to Veropedia (dinosaur, India, South America).

I wonder if they could work out a deal to have the integration go both ways? Wikipedia's search could offer you a stable checked page on Veropedia, or the current working copy on Wikipedia.

Do a blank search...

http://veropedia.com/vero/article.php?title=

Pretty sure that sort of thing should be avoided.

Actually, there's this: http://veropedia.com/vero/article.php?title=Flying+Spagetti+Monster

Without non-free images, an encyclopedia can capture the state of the world as it existed on December 31, 1922. I don't see how a detailed article about, say, the movie industry (since the introduction of sound) or the video game industry can be written without identifying works that were created on or after January 1, 1923.

FYI, there's a 'Donate To Wikipedia' link on all pages, e.g. their home page, but that's just a link exchange. Cheap bastards...:)