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I think law clerks and other legal professionals would be using a curated service (most likely LexisNexis) as their primary information source, not Wikipedia.
by photochemsyn 4y ago
I think law clerks and other legal professionals would be using a curated service (most likely LexisNexis) as their primary information source, not Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is quite unreliable on any major legal case, controversial issue, political personality, corporate entity etc., as the relevant wikipedia pages end up being heavily manipulated by agenda-driven editors who often erase or alter the most important information.
- grumple 4y agoI would guess that google and other search engines have much better search functionality than curated services. You'd find a case via google, then review the details on a curated service.
- merely-unlikely 4y agoCurated services like LexisNexis aren't necessarily free from bias either. One need not use a single service exclusively