If you were a High School teacher would you accept it? Under Grad Prof? Master Thesis?
2006-08-18 08:55:03 · 5 answers · asked by Mr L 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
While Wikipedia has incredible font of often obscure information not available in a traditional reference work, I wouldn't cite it as a reliable source at ANY level.
Its best usefullness is as a starting point for research. Get some basic information, definitions and from there, it can lead to more reliable, citable sources. Even Wikipedia does that, for itself by linking, and cross referencing.
The internet allows access to so many source documents that any cites should not refer to an amature (albiet amazing) encyclopedia.
I do admit, that I often have turned to Wikipedia and looked no further when I found the information I sought. One example, I work for a company that almost exclusively uses Ford Crown Victoria Police Pursuit Vehicles in its fleet. There was no other single source as complete and detailed as Wikipedia. Not even Ford Motor Company had anything, online as thorough as that.
But then, I wasn't presenting anything as critical as a master's thesis.
2006-08-18 09:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by Vince M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a really good reliable source and it gets updated. If I were an Under Grad. Professor. i would accept it. I don't know about Master Thesis. they might expect more work.
2006-08-18 09:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by SupraTTHeaven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very reliable. As sure as Queen Elizabeth the III is the Head of Microsoft, World War II was between Togo and Hawaii, and the universe originated in a big cosmic fart twenty seven years ago.
2006-08-18 09:00:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 06:21:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At no level, in no fashion, in now way, no how, not at all...
except it seems to pass for such here on YA a lot.
Feudal, are you implying it wasn't a big cosmic fart? Hmm, maybe that's why my grant proposal ended up in the toilet...
Source: my brain hurts!
2006-08-18 13:58:11 · answer #5 · answered by no one here 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋