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To: theBuckwheat

One reason why no college course I have taken allows Wikipedia to be cited as a Primary (?) or Secondary source.


5 posted on 12/19/2009 5:23:56 PM PST by Fury
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To: Fury

One reason why no college course I have taken allows Wikipedia to be cited as a Primary (?) or Secondary source.
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Funny...yet most colleges accept the AGW myth carte blanche, which we know is sourced about the same way as the debacle over there at Wikipedia.


31 posted on 12/19/2009 6:49:26 PM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773!)
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To: Fury; theBuckwheat
One reason why no college course I have taken allows Wikipedia to be cited as a Primary (?) or Secondary source.

Wikipedia is an incredibly useful reference guide and is no more, or less, biased than any other source of information. It is up to the user to do his own fact checking. Anything free is worth what you pay for it.

38 posted on 12/19/2009 7:08:34 PM PST by killjoy (Life sucks, wear a helmet.)
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To: Fury

“One reason why no college course I have taken allows Wikipedia to be cited as a Primary (?) or Secondary source.”

Good for them! More people should heed this advice - on Wikipedia you never know if you are getting the real facts or just someone’s cleverly disguised opinion.


71 posted on 12/20/2009 4:48:14 AM PST by PIF
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