I would not use FR as a source either. I use it to find links that are of interest and use the actual source for any quoting or reference I make. I do enjoy some of the FR comments so I read them on occasion but I mainly use FR as a resource to articles and news over comments.
Having said that, Wiki is not a good source for factual information on political, religious or historical information that is subject to debate by conservatives. But it remains a starting point for other issues or to beging researching a subject one is not familiar with.
Good point. I would also not accept her using a reference to FR (unless the topic was FR), but I do find this site a good source for locating more primary sources to quote from, just as you have said.
Having said that, Wiki is not a good source for factual information on political, religious or historical information that is subject to debate by conservatives. But it remains a starting point for other issues or to beging researching a subject one is not familiar with.
Because it is a compromised source I tend to steer her away from Wikipedia, but if she used it to help her locate other sources I probably wouldn't stop her, but I would use it as an opportunity to discuss the inherent risks involved with using a known tainted source as a beginning point for any study.
Right now I have her studying logic, fallacies and soon to include information on debate as part of her social studies. I want her to be equipped to see the holes in arguments.