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Written by Tricia Wood on 2025-01-22 at 21:42

As a professor, I have found it a fascinating journey to go from telling students "Don't use Wikipedia! It's not a place to do research," to telling students, "Start with Wikipedia! It's a good and reliable source, and an excellent example of collective knowledge-keeping."

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Written by econads on 2025-01-22 at 23:37

@Pkbwood we used to use it anyway. "Wikipedia isn't a source" yes OK but it has sources. We would read the article, read the references and then reference the references as sources. And not mention it to the lecturer.

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