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[–] 58 points 1 year ago (9 children)

growing up I got taught by teachers not trust Wiki bc of misinformation. times have changed

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Now in some states, you can't trust teachers not to be giving you misinformation.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago

    We homeschool our daughter. Saw a cool history through film course that taught with an example movie every week to grow interest... nothing in the itinerary said they'd play a video of Columbus by PragerU. They refused the refund, as it was 2 weeks in, and said it was used to foment conversation, but no other video was being offered or no questions were prepared to challenge the children. I worded my letter to call out the facts about Columbus vs the video, and the lack of accreditation of the source. I tried not to be the "lib", but I very much got the gist that's their opinion of me, and how they brushed me off. That fucking site is a plague on common sense, decency, and truth. Still fired up, and it was last month. We pulled her out of the course immediately after the video.

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  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Nope, we all misunderstood what they meant. Wikipedia is not an authoritative source, it is a derivative work. However, you can use the sources provided by the Wikipedia article and use the article itself to understand the topic.

    Wikipedia isn't and was never a primary source of information, and that is by design. You don't declare information in encyclopedias, you inventory information.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wikipedia was not then what it is now. You're spot on with all that, spot on, but in the early days it wasn't nearly as trustworthy.

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