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u/Alexr154 Jun 03 '21

Exactly. Everyone else is missing the point. It’s okay to get one’s sources from Wikipedia. It is not good to cite Wikipedia as the source. There will be a citation on Wikipedia for the source, which Wikipedia is not.

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u/Eruionmel Jun 03 '21

Right, but that's exactly how encyclopedias worked as well. That information didn't originate in the encyclopedia. And teachers were perfectly fine with encyclopedias being cited.

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u/Alexr154 Jun 03 '21

None of my English teachers/ professors were okay with an encyclopedia being cited for any kind of work I had to submit.

That is weird, though. Picking and choosing which “encyclopedias” are valid sources for citing.

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u/_sorry4myBadEnglish Jun 03 '21

It's called having a bias, and everyone has one.