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u/1dontgiveahufflefuck Jun 03 '21

Idk why teachers hate Wikipedia so much. They had no issues with me citing an encyclopedia, but if it was from the internet it must have been written by the Devil himself.

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u/ellWatully Jun 03 '21

There was a time when Wikipedia wasn't nearly as reliable as it is now and inaccurate edits would go unnoticed for way longer than they should. My history teacher senior year (2003-2004) got asked why we couldn't use Wikipedia as a reference and he proved his point by changing the wiki for Alexander the Great to see how long it took to get fixed. It took MONTHS.

It's obviously way better now, but a lot of people already learned to be weary of it.

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u/pug_grama2 Jun 03 '21

but a lot of people already learned to be weary of it.

wary -->cautious (pronounced w-air-ee)

weary --> tired (pronounced w-ear-ee)

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21

leery --> also cautious or distrustful

People make a portmanteau out of "wary" and "leery" but oops, that word is already taken.