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onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works

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onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.workstoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Wikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library
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25 days ago

Wikipedia, as well as encyclopedias and textbooks, are secondary sources.

No, they are tertiary sources.

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onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.workstoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Wikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library
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25 days ago

don’t take Wikipedia seriously unless it cites a primary source directly.

Primary sources are against the policy in 99.9% of cases.

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