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
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
BossDj@piefed.social 1 week 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
protist@retrofed.com 1 week ago
Teachers are telling you that in the context of writing an academic paper, and they’re totally correct
BossDj@piefed.social 6 days ago
No, you’re not listening. I am a teacher. Peers in my field tell students not to trust the information in Wikipedia articles because they are inaccurate since anyone can edit them. They are teaching a mistrust of Wikipedia solely because anyone can edit them. This has NOTHING, again, NOTHING to do with sourcing an academic paper.