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The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On Wikipedia
October 27, 2011 08:00 AM
Wikipedia provides Internet users with millions of articles on a broad range of topics, and commonly ranks first in search engines. But its reliability and credibility fall well short of the standards for a school paper. According to Wikipedia itself, “[W]hile some articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly complete rubbish. … use [Wikipedia] with an informed understanding of what it is and what it isn't.”
To help you develop such an understanding, we present 10 reasons you can't rely on information in Wikipedia.
To help you develop such an understanding, we present 10 reasons you can't rely on information in Wikipedia.
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