Comment on Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel?

• BossDj@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nobody here ever said it can be used as a source

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  • protist@retrofed.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was responding to someone complaining about teachers telling students not to use Wikipedia. Literally the only reason teachers say that is so students don’t use it as a primary source when doing assignments

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    • BossDj@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That was me. Teachers tell students “it can’t be trusted because literally anyone can edit it.” Nothing to do with sources. Tech illiterate people or people manipulated by right wing media believe that Wikipedia has bad information

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      • protist@retrofed.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Teachers are telling you that in the context of writing an academic paper, and they’re totally correct

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