For the sake of this discussion, stick to the original topic and don't turn this into a personal nit-picking fight.
sirbruce, there was absolutely no reason to become personal ("that makes you a bad teacher", "weakness in critical thinking", etc.). For the records, thibaulthalpern initially merely said, "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." It's everyone's right to share this belief and there is still plenty of controversy out there regarding the accuracy of Wikipedia that would warrant such a belief.
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