Wikipedia as a source, take two

The newspaper at which I work had an interview with Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.

One part of this question-and-answer interview, however, was edited for space. This part had to do with using Wikipedia as a reference. Here is the question and answer:

Q: What are your thoughts on whether researchers should cite Wikipedia pages in their papers?
A: In general, an encyclopedia is not the type of thing that should be cited in an academic paper, and that goes for Britannica or anything else. When I was in college it would be considered quite silly to cite Britannica unless you were in grade school or something. It's really more about getting that broad background knowledge and that kind of information to get you started. It's a starting point rather than an ending point.

I know that this is talking about academic papers, but I do believe that you could use this to argue why Wikipedia should not be used as a source in newspaper articles, which I posted about before.

So, there you have it. The founder of Wikipedia would not use it as a source.