Health and Wikipedia

In a recent article on Wired scientists are being taught how to use wikis and specifically contribute to Wikipedia (see http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/wikipedia-training-scientists-on-wiki-culture/). Wikipedia is stepping up its quality of information after much criticism of accuracy of information. I've heard that you can not cite wikipedia as a reference in any college/university papers. But the issue of readibility is still real as scientists tend to write for scientists, so will the next step be an interpreter?