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Give it time, when I was younger I was not allowed to use Wikipedia as a source. Change takes time and in the meanwhile people will complain.
by boesboes 2y ago
Give it time, when I was younger I was not allowed to use Wikipedia as a source. Change takes time and in the meanwhile people will complain.
- GJim 2y ago> I was not allowed to use Wikipedia as a source Ummmmm One of the "rules" of referencing is that one never references an encyclopaedia. An encyclopaedia is where you get only the basic background information for your study, not details worthy of referencing. Reference an encyclopaedia in an academic paper and the referees will, quite rightly, reject it and request a better source for your reference.
- ghaff 2y agoAs I vaguely remember from very long ago secondary school, no one was forbidding me from looking at an encyclopedia in the school library but, as you say, it wasn't a referenceable source--much less something to essentially cut and paste from.
- Izkata 2y agoMine had the same rule specifically for Wikipedia, the reasoning was "anyone can edit it" - even if a bad change is reverted later, you may have just happened to be looking at it while it was there and are now propagating something false.
- bookofjoe 2y ago>Most academics agree that you shouldn't cite Wikipedia as a source in your academic writing... https://www.scribbr.com/frequently-asked-questions/can-i-cite-wikipedia-in-my-paper/#:~:text=Most%20academics%20agree%20that%20you,have%20rules%20against%20doing%20so. https://www.scribbr.com/frequently-asked-questions/can-i-cit...