Thread: Wikipedia

Wikipedia is fine for quickly finding information on a subject, but if you need to cite sources in a report, don't use Wikipedia. Because of the way it works, it simply cannot function as a legit source.

Originally Posted by Marvo

Wikipedia is fine for quickly finding information on a subject, but if you need to cite sources in a report, don't use Wikipedia. Because of the way it works, it simply cannot function as a legit source.

That really depends on the kinda report you're writing. For anything school related below College or University level, Wikipedia is likely to be a good enough source. I've actually gotten away with using it at my university too, for things not critical to the report I was writing.