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Location: Denmark, in Europe.
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![]() I think Wikipedia could really use a "Valid" stamp of some sort. Would make it a lot better.
Until that happens, I wouldn't use it for any assignments.
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Avatar of Google
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,355
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![]() I use it as a starting point: I read the articles to get a general gist of the subject, and then probe the sources (there's usally a plethora) at the bottom of the page.
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Searcher
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 27
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![]() It is pretty much valid because in order to post info on there, you have to cite your source.
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resident
Google Worshipper
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Texas... where if you don't like the weather now, wait a few minutes. It will change.
Posts: 394
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![]() I agree with sciki over there. It's good to get a general gist of an idea for the subject at hand, to help you understand what it is that you are researching in a pretty much condensed way. But if any serious research needs to be done on it, one should either follow it back to the original sources or Google the subject all together.
I find myself not using Wikipedia that much, most likely because I am not in school. I have used it in the past for looking up things like VtM and WtA designations and what not though.
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resident
Google Worshipper
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Posts: 377
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![]() I think the biggest problem with using Wikipedia as a source is its ability to change. If I write "It has been noted the angstrom is no longer in common use (1)", then wikipedia changes their mind when it comes back into common use, the person looking at my report will wonder what I was thinking. A more temporally-rooted source will not cause such confusion.
(And, yes, I made that up. I've no idea what wikipedia says.)
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Gnome @ Home
Embodiment of Google
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 10,811
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![]() i don't need the opinions of
a couple of million morons when i could just Google it and get all the sources i really need, wiki is re-dumbdant
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