I am cautious when using Wikipedia. It can be a good starting point for research if one is willing to do a little deconstructing of the Webpage visited. I scour the resource links and dig in to see if the sources and citations are legitimate. The article, " Wikipedia: Friend Not Foe" did not change my mind about using Wikipedia as I was aware of the pitfalls of using it (prior knowledge). I will likely suggest to students that they use Wikipedia as a source to get to other sources, and not quote Wikipedia but the original source.
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