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Wikipedia pages are synopsis’s and have a viewpoint of the person writing them. You use wiki like a library to find the sources to use and cite.
Why would they suggest and tell you how to “cheat” the system? If you’re not smart enough to realize Wikipedia isn’t a source itself, you are exactly why this lesson needs to be done lmfao.
Wiki would be like asking the librarian what the book is about, then using them as the source, you realize how silly this sounds now yeah?
Ok, fine. I'm not critiquing their directive. Just saying what it was at the time. Ergo, I'm not making the news, just reporting it.
It’s STILL like that. I’m sorry for explaining why they specifically do something.
You wouldn’t use the librarian as a source, but all the books she told you about can be listed. Then write what they said and see if they notice.
Same situation, different era.
The point is that Wikipedia (in theory) doesn't make any argument about anything. It simply mirrors or summarizes information. Using Wikipedia as a source is somewhat similar to listing "the notes I made during class" as your source. Your source list is not meant to simply list where you got the information from, but actually list the origin of that information.