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Wikipedia is a very useful resource for some things, especially as a starting point for a number of scientific and technical topics. I would never rely on it th
by M_Grey 10y ago
Wikipedia is a very useful resource for some things, especially as a starting point for a number of scientific and technical topics. I would never rely on it though, as a sole source of information.
- sgt101 10y agowhat would, you rely upon, as your sole source of information?
- M_Grey 10y agoI wouldn't.
- eridius 10y agoHacker news comments.
- M_Grey 10y agoTruly not a bad answer, if you had to pick one source. This is a contentious crowd that likes to cite sources and present fully fledged arguments. At the very least I like to use the comments to quickly assess the article, and whether it's a dud or not. Beyond that, sometimes the comments here on good articles still manage to exceed even the articles they're commenting on.
- cooper12 10y agoAs you shouldn't, even Wikipedia itself has a disclaimer against any claims of validity. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer) Besides, encyclopedias are tertiary sources, they should only be used as general references, not primary sources.