Probably they looked at [[Wikipedia:General disclaimer]] once and decided that it’s no good

Alan MacMasters agrees

Huge W

People don’t understand that citations exist and are on Wikipedia. At least my teachers didn’t seem to understand this

For all its faults, Wikipedia is an incredible feat in the modern internet. No ads, not owned by a massive corporation or billionaire, and is completely free to access and reuse.

I think it also says a lot that Wikipedia is one of the world’s most visited sites in an era where so much of the modern internet is centralised to a few key sites owned by some of the wealthiest people to ever live. Wikipedia is at least trying to provide the world with a reliable repository of the worlds’ information through constant refinement of information by volunteers who actually need to cite the claims they make.

Like, it’s not perfect, but I think we’re better off having Wikipedia than not.

I mean I see where they’re coming from, but who’s actively vandalizing the Wright Brothers article??? 😭

toaks:

At least you are allowed to cite what wikipedia cites

2/18/2025, 10:58:14 PM

flux:

teachers finding out wikipedia has active moderators and your changes need to be reviewed before being published

2/19/2025, 1:46:46 AM

owl:

That's only for some, but bro what people need to realize is that some people *live* on Wikipedia. If you made a bad edit, that shit gets reversed in *minutes*.

2/19/2025, 2:49:46 AM

UHHHH but my teacher once went on a 16 hour meme conspiracy rabbit hole and found an article that said Abraham Lincoln was still alive.

toaks:

What was the article? Has it been fixed?

2/18/2025, 10:57:56 PM

esben:

I was being sarcastic, although my teacher did say that she found that abraham lincoln was alive, prob some trolls, but idk what article it’s on

2/18/2025, 11:14:56 PM