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I absolutely love Wikipedia. It has almost replaced a good chunk of my school books back when I was in high school and it is still very useful now that I'm in university. Wikipedia and similar things are a dream that comes true

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I love it because back 20+ years ago it was frowned upon in school because it wasn’t trustworthy, and teachers would fail you for citing it in assignments. Now I feel like it’s the most trusted source on the Internet.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

I still don't think you should cite Wikipedia. Read the citations Wikipedia provides and cite those!

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 9 points 2 weeks ago

I would use wikipedia as a really nice source of sources. I actually convinced a middle school teacher of this, and she changed her spiel on Wikipedia accordingly.