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To: Sivad
Do professors even allow Wikipedia as a research source?

Wikipedia is a good source for getting an overview of the subject and references to work from. It is not a primary source, but sure is helpful when you need to find out the essence of a subject quickly.

I wouldn't trust Wikipedia on any sociological subject, however. Even the references are likely to be suspect on those. I stick with science and other topics that are less susceptible to leftist propagandizing.

13 posted on 03/27/2017 4:41:20 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

I sort of agree with you about Wiki when it comes to
definitions and minor points I might have forgotten.
And, yes, it provides a DEGREE of overview but for
Cal Berkeley to bother with it as the article indicates,
well, I suspect that their time could be better spent.
I think I might use Wiki to aim me in a previously
unknown direction but I wouldn’t want to use enough
of it to be compelled to have to cite it as a source
unless I was back in high school.


14 posted on 03/27/2017 7:59:27 PM PDT by Sivad (The Federalist #46 = Second Amendment)
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