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02-26-2007, 10:05 PM
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This is something that has been said to me repeatedly in university by lecturers who talk about being handed assignments with blatantly incorrect information and wikipedia as the only reference. Even the wikipedia site tells you that the information may be questionable. If you rely on wikipedia providing reliable information, you're an idiot.

The only way to use wikipedia for anything important, is to get an overview of the information then look at the references given. That way you can have a reliable source whilst cutting down your information-trawling.
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