Submitted by codenamendgo t3_11dgcvm in LifeProTips
laplongejr t1_jabzadq wrote
Reply to comment by winterneuro in LPT: Don't cite Wikipedia articles, but do use their sources. by codenamendgo
> 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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