Okay, I am sorry, but the fact that college professors NEED to tell people not to use Wikipedia as a source is sad (note: my profs do it too). In High School (heck, even in middle school) my teachers drilled into me that encyclopedias (in general, not just wiki) are a good STARTING point for reasearch. They are not research in and of themselves and should not be used in any sort of academic writing (unless, i guess, you are citing something incidental to your main thesis... but even then I would just eliminate the info before i would cite an encyclopedia).
The problem with Wikipedia for many is not that it is more inaccurate than normal encyclopedias (hint: it's not statistically, and although i need to run now I will try to edit this with a source in like an hour (if i remember)). The problem with Wikipedia is that it is an ENCYCLOPEDIA and they are not to be used in an academic setting.
That said, I do use Wikipedia in my research. I will go to the article on whatever topic i am writing about and read *every* source. If any of them have relevant information, I cite them. If they don't, I don't use them. In addition to this I do Academic Journal searches (
Please, PLEASE do NOT feed the trolls.
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