i've caught (and usually fixed) plenty of innaccurate info on wikipedia, as i'm sure most people here have. any time i find something that is important to me on wiki, i check on it elsewhere. alas. many people i know take what they read on wikipedia as gospel.
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Originally Posted by thibaulthalpern
I teach at the college level and I tell my students that Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information for citing or quoting. Yes you could rely on it for some general information when you don't need a strong basis for research. But, it's a horrible source to do solid research and learning.
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