How come my teachers always says not to use wikipedia when lots of the info is correct?
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My teachers always makes me write essays and tells me not to use wikipedia and says its always "wrong" when its perfectly right. I put wikipedia in my bibliography and i ...show more
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Answer:
The reason they do that is because they believe in conforming to authority. Anyone can edit Wikipedia and their information is just as good as any authority's provided it comes from a good source. So Wikipedia looks to the authority of the reference used, while your teachers look to the authority of the author. The underlying problem is that teachers are usually not that smart or well educated. In plain language, they can't think too good, and it's real hard for them to think about complicated things. They became teachers because they didn't have the talent to do other work and they are lazy. So trying to use Wikipedia or being able to understand how it works is too hard. There is a good reason to not use Wikipedia in research. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and if you use any encyclopedia you're taking a short cut and not getting a chance to practice doing research on your own. One thing though, if you have integrity, and if you look at the Wikipedia article while doing your research, you should always cite it, just as you did. That's the honest thing to do.
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B/c anyone can edit it and write the bad stuff about it on the Wikipedia
lennyin87
The answers on ^ maybe right, but I think before they edit or make a new article in Wikipedia it must pass the Wikipedia Standards or whatever it is (I don't have an account though) maybe your teacher don't believe the articles in Wikipedia because it is not accurate..but I use Wikipedia daily and I use it for my hw as well..
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It's because people with accounts edit Wikipedia that is not true.
the teacher says not to use it because it is not always accurate. even though it may be correct it is not guaranteed all the info is right on the money. anybody can write anything on that site. and if you do use the site, don't put it down as an accurate source and check if all your info is correct by useing a different site
Probably because it is on the computer, and many adults think the internet is useless and wrong.
gay
Because people like me can go in and edit it any time they want just to mess with people. Also, I once looked up information on a shark and Wikipedia said it was a member of the plant family. I no longer trust it.
Diablo Guapo
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