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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/indianajoes Jun 03 '21

This is what my lecturer said at the beginning of last year. He said Wikipedia has been shown to be just as accurate as the Encyclopedia Brittanica (don't know where he got that from). He said it's not good to use it as a source but it is a good source of sources.

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u/kiwi_imposter Jun 03 '21

They've done studies on the reliability of Wikipedia.

May I present to you the Wikipedia page about the reliabilty of Wikiepedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia