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Why can't I use Wikipedia as a source?
1705 views | Last updated on Jan 03, 2013 Doing Research Wikipedia
Wikipedia has user-supplied content, which means it may not be accurately researched or sourced.
In a Chronicle of Higher Education article, Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, states that he constantly gets emails from college students complaining they have failed their papers because the information they found in Wikipedia was inaccurate. Wales says that he has no sympathy, “For God sake, you’re in college; don’t cite the encyclopedia.”