Has everybody over 30 forgotten that when they came through school, the standard instruction was that when writing a research paper, you may not cite an encyclopedia (Britannica, World Book) as a reference? I don’t see it as bias against Wikipedia so much as an acknowledgment that it is replacing traditional encyclopedias as the go-to source for quick information.
Has everybody over 30 forgotten that when they came through school, the standard instruction was that when writing a research paper, you may not cite an encyclopedia (Britannica, World Book) as a reference? I don’t see it as bias against Wikipedia so much as an acknowledgment that it is replacing traditional encyclopedias as the go-to source for quick information.