our entire school system's not allowed to use Wikipedia on papers...it's not a reliable resource

by Anonymous 14 years ago

People always claim that it's not reliable, but everything on it has to be proven with sources. Wikipedia is already a collection of research papers. And with six million dollars recently spent on making and activating bots to sweep each page 24/7 for correct sourcing and accurate information, it'd be hard to prove it's unreliable. FTR, i'm not calling you out or insulting you or anything. This is just the argument I use against my English teacher who still believes Wikipedia is unreliable despite all the evidence.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Huh. You should talk to my teachers then. Using Wikipedia on research papers would make my life a heck of a lot easier.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

No kidding. My teacher also forbids it, but know what I do? I use wikipedia for the entire thing, then just click on each of the sources provided on the page and use those as my sources. I have yet to have anything in any of my papers pointed out to be incorrect.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ha. Nice. Well, my next research paper will involve a lot less stress and a lot more YouTube.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i've never used wikipedia for a reaserch paper.... i still pass :p

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Then you sir (or madam), are most awesome and have won my respect.

by Anonymous 14 years ago