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Cite – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Wikipedia ads “cite this article.” Time for a rant: as a former University teacher, this is (to me) like Us Magazine putting a “citation” page in to help you cite it for the real news on a celebrity. Most professors FAIL students who cite Wikipedia, because it is not a primary source and subject to community editing, and therefore under too much flux to be valid as a primary citation. Wikipedia adding this is a desperate attempt for legitimacy, when what Wikipedia’s best function is, IMHO, is as an aggregate summary of other primary sources that you should look up. Its like a big meta card catalog. So you college students: DO NOT CITE WIKIPEDIA. It will hurt your grade.

2006: 07/28
CATEGORY: running
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- Steve
- July 28th, 2006
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They’ve had the “Cite This” option for a while now.

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