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winterneuro t1_ja9gyiy wrote

Professor Here. This is a 100% correct LPT.

Studies are showing wikipedia is "as good" as an old-school encyclopedia for learning about stuff. But don't cite it. As stated, get the cites that are cited by the Wiki.

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laplongejr t1_jabzadq wrote

> Studies are showing wikipedia is "as good" as an old-school encyclopedia for learning about stuff.

For those who wonder how is it possible :
I don't have the source (ironic), but while the Britannica does have "less published errors" than Wikipedia, those errors stay for years while on Wikipedia they get fixed fast.
So while an error is more likely to be published on Wikipedia, when checking both at some instant T, it is roughly equally likely for both that the statement will be an error.

> But don't cite it. As stated, get the cites that are cited by the Wiki.

Goes also about old-school encyclopedia, I think?

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