Wikipedia is the only source I trust, amirite?

Wikipedia like anything else has a bias. Be skeptical of any article that is controversial or niche

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's funny since Wikipedia does a lot of sourcing from books.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Tl/Dr: student is too lazy to read actual textbooks or find sources *other* than Wikipedia.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Bad idea Not saying wikipedia is untrustworthy, but you should never trust a single source Wikipedia is one of the better ones, but you should always at least triple source info before doing anything real with it (just using it for fun facts is fine though)

by Anonymous 1 year ago

A real researcher will get the information from multiple sources, not just one.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Wiki is censored and mainstream af

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's not necessarily censored, depending from where you try to reach it. But it is butchering articles, studies, researches and biographies as it is written by normal people who shorten too much.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It is

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I mean, the point of a book is to take in a larger amount of information and digest and interpret it yourself. The point of Wikipedia (as an encyclopedia) is to provide, as much as possible, a set of facts. There are some books that have a clear and activist thesis, and others don't, but your job as the reader is to take it all in and react accordingly. But to see the world of literature, even non-fiction writing, as set over and against the use of an encyclopedia is sad. How intellectually boring that perspective must be.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's a lot of points, but in general: No.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

what are you using wikipedia for? if it's for an online chat, fine. you do you. please i would advise you tho do not to use wiki as a serious sourse, say for a university paper. it's not going to pass.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not until you find out the Spanish conquistadors took central and part of South America with Ak-47s

by Anonymous 1 year ago