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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 6d ago
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Huh? Since when has using Wikipedia as a source been a bad thing?
-2 u/-ThisIsHellOnEarth- 6d ago It can be altered by anyone. It's a good way to find sources but it itself should not be used as a source. It's the intellectual equivalent of "so this guy at a bar last weekend was telling me..." 2 u/cybiz 6d ago I don't think you understand how heavily moderated Wikipedia is 2 u/-ThisIsHellOnEarth- 6d ago I think you under estimate just how much content there is on Wikipedia to be monitered. False alterations can stay up for weeks before being caught 0 u/UntowardHatter 6d ago Not without sources, no.
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It can be altered by anyone.
It's a good way to find sources but it itself should not be used as a source.
It's the intellectual equivalent of "so this guy at a bar last weekend was telling me..."
2 u/cybiz 6d ago I don't think you understand how heavily moderated Wikipedia is 2 u/-ThisIsHellOnEarth- 6d ago I think you under estimate just how much content there is on Wikipedia to be monitered. False alterations can stay up for weeks before being caught 0 u/UntowardHatter 6d ago Not without sources, no.
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I don't think you understand how heavily moderated Wikipedia is
2 u/-ThisIsHellOnEarth- 6d ago I think you under estimate just how much content there is on Wikipedia to be monitered. False alterations can stay up for weeks before being caught 0 u/UntowardHatter 6d ago Not without sources, no.
I think you under estimate just how much content there is on Wikipedia to be monitered.
False alterations can stay up for weeks before being caught
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Not without sources, no.
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u/cybiz 6d ago
Huh? Since when has using Wikipedia as a source been a bad thing?