Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, laid out a simple plan to ensure its website continues to be supported in the AI era, despite its declining traffic.

  • MurrayL@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Yeah, when I was at school in the early 00s we were specifically banned from referencing Wikipedia as a source because it was seen as untrustworthy.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      5 days ago

      You’re supposed to reference the articles that Wikipedia references, not Wikipedia itself

    • Revan343@lemmy.ca
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      5 days ago

      Which is ridiculous, everybody knows that the reason you should be banned from referencing Wikipedia as a source is because an encyclopedia is not a source

      • arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        5 days ago

        Uh, it’s a tertiary source. It’s still a source, just not one you should be directly citing. They’re great for finding other sources though.