you just cant cite it as a source on research papers, or essays. but english teachers, computer writing lab moniters are “source nazis” over wikipedia, they dont even want you using it. i was hovering over wiki for more than a few minutes the perosn in charge of the writing lab got mad/ or gave attitude over using it, in the 2000s.
nerv@fedinsfw.app 5 days ago
I had a teacher forbidding Wikipedia as a study source and a class formed by over 80 students quietly aquiesced. It took one question of why wasn’t Wikipedia a valid source for general context to help in forming a broad stroke idea on a subject to nearly make the teacher go into a fit on how it was inacurate and unproperly revised. Wich was not the point.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 days ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 days ago
To say you can’t look at it at all is so insane, and his would you even prove it? The entire point of encyclopedias is to give you a brief overview of a new topic.
nerv@fedinsfw.app 5 days ago
My personal take?
Funneling.
This was a class on Social Psychology and even the books for the class were not to be read in full. Instead, only excerpts were to be consulted.
That creates a huge context gap. Drills in narrow concepts. Does not foster thinking and relation of concepts and ideas.
The teacher was creating a low effort class, easily manageable, with little to no opposition to her methods and ideas.