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I like it that Wikipedia is now an authority on trustworthy citation sources.
It's not. Which makes this a particularly powerful indictment of a once-reputable mainstream news site.
Can you offer any alternatives? Or are there simply no trustworthy sites?
I always thought the advantage with Wikipedia is that you can find sources for the info right there on their site. If there's any doubt about the info on their site, it's easy enough to vet the sources. I wouldn't trust nearly any site without being able to at least do that anyway. At least in this case you can see where the info is coming from, and it's not just "trust me bro"
I would argue otherwise.
Wikipedia is incomprehensibly large. Perhaps the largest database of vetted human knowledge ever.
I know for a fact you can find inaccuracies and biased information if you look for it. But it's rare relative to the amount of information that exists there.
This would be seriously useful, what are the impeccable primary sources?
Not a primary source. Also, every Wikipedia page posts the primary sources at the bottom. Wikipedia is just a compendium, it's not a peer reviewed journal. Use some brain matter before it rots my dude.
It’s not considered a primary source. Nobody said it is. But it’s a good starting point for further research in most topics.
Trust but verify my dude.
What you're saying is that you don't trust anything because everything has a bias associated to it.
Healthier than trusting nothing or no one
What do you think the "verify" part of "Trust but verify" means? Lol
I've yet to see a wiki article without a shit ton of sources listed clearly at the bottom.
That's not what they said.
What you said isn’t what they said
Thank you!
I hope people are donating to them from time to time.
Wikipedia's pay distribution is actually quite even. The C suite make much, much less than other companies. While I havent been able to confirm this, one article said they hold larger than usual sums of money, likely to pay salaries off interest, and look to donations for replenishment.
Somebody needs to be! I like it being them