• ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    6 days ago

    Wikipedia is one of the last, best sources, which is why every teacher has ruled it an invalid source for like 20 years

    • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      6 days ago

      yells-at-cloud Back in my day we had to reference the curated time capsule of the ancients with our own Encyclopedia Britannica!

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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      6 days ago

      To doom abit, they have stopped doing that in poorer school districts. Most of the time they are happy if the student cites anything at all, let along distinguish between primary and secondary sources. Those kids tend to be in for a shock if they make it to college and it is no longer an acceptable source for academia.