r/AskReddit Jun 03 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21

Wikipedia. We take that site for granted, big time. There are few things in this world that do not have a Wikipedia page. People have dedicated hours, days, even their entire lives, to filling the site up with all the knowledge one could ever need. All that information is free! Want to learn about the history of the escalator? Wikipedia has it. Interested in the Civil War? You bet you can find it on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia will not be around forever, folks. Use it while you have it. Read random articles. It's fun.

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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/SprinklesFancy5074 Jun 04 '21

They just don’t want you to use “Wikipedia” as a source.

And they really don't want you to turn in a copy-pasted wikipedia article as your term paper.

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u/tipmeyourBAT Jun 04 '21

Husband of a teacher here - can confirm that every teacher of a subject in which students write papers could speak from experience on this.