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      Don't you just hate when people say that they don't use or don't like Wikipedia because "anyone can edit it"?? Y'know, there's nobody who just goes around changing numbers and shit, if there's vandalism, you're gonna know it.[citation needed] And even then, you could just look at the bibliography of the page and find the source (since apparently some random website you find is more accurate than Wikipedia). Wikipedia is also monitored by staff, not closely, but enough. You could also ignore things with "Citation Needed" next to it.

      Rant inspired by recent school project. Lame. I should have put a ton of wrong information and said I found it on one of the millions of websites they say are more accurate than Wikipedia.
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      1. Use Wikipedia
      2. Copypaste bibliography at the bottom of the page
      3. ??????????
      4. Profit.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia View Post
      Y'know, there's nobody who just goes around changing numbers and shit
      Guarantee this happens every day. Personally I like to add the occasional "Ice Cream Man was here" to pages every once in a while. Generally changes will be reverted fairly quickly, especially when the changes are obvious vandalism, but occasionally something may sneak by if it's more subtle.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Mario92 View Post
      1. Use Wikipedia
      2. Copypaste bibliography at the bottom of the page
      3. ??????????
      4. Profit.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Mark75 View Post
      Guarantee this happens every day. Personally I like to add the occasional "Ice Cream Man was here" to pages every once in a while. Generally changes will be reverted fairly quickly, especially when the changes are obvious vandalism, but occasionally something may sneak by if it's more subtle.
      Maybe occasionally, but not enough to fuck up any kinds of reports or research or anything.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia View Post
      Lawlz
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      Quote Originally Posted by Mario92 View Post
      Also, holy balls, I just realized that it was you. Welcome back! *glomps*
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      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.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Marvo View Post
      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.
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      Meh, Wikipedia vandalism is reverted relatively quickly. For home/personal research motives, it works almost perfectly fine. I wouldn't of expected it to be classified as a reliable research source at College or University.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Mario92 View Post
      1. Use Wikipedia
      2. Copypaste bibliography at the bottom of the page
      3. ??????????
      4. Profit.
      You have just taught me how to use Wikipedia in a school project, even though it is forbidden.

      Anyway, I agree. Wikipedia is usually a legit source, even though it is subjected to the possibility of being vandalized. I have only seen one or two vandalisms in the entire time frame I was on Wikipedia, so I'm pretty confident it is a good source for the most part.

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      I just realized that Mark edited my post, and it is hilarious.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia View Post
      I just realized that Mark edited my post, and it is hilarious.
      Lol, I saw that too. Pretty funny!

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      I like your avatar. That's one of my favorite advice dog spin-offs.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia View Post
      That's one of my favorite advice dog spin-offs.
      Yeah, it's pretty funny. There are some lame ones, though. My other personal favorites are Sexually Oblivious Rhino and Socially Awkward Penguin.

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